He is devoted to dumb animals.

In any case, he would not have objected to a gentleman walking in his woods.

That the postern gate is left open is a proof that people come and go as they will." "That may be," he said.

"The St.Legers have always been at peace with their fellow-men, yet I would not be caught a trespasser." There was a sudden darkness by which I conjectured that the sun had sunk below the horizon.
"I must be going," I said in a great hurry.

"They will be anxious about me at home.