"Mr.
Chamberlayne says he is quite well educated, but the rest of them, of course, are very primitive and plain.

They have always been strait-laced and honest and I hear that the mother--she came from Piping Tree and was one of the Hawtreys--is violently opposed to her son's marriage with Molly Merryweather.

There is a daughter, also, who is said to be beautiful though rather dull." "Yes, I've seen the girl," observed Mrs.Gay, "heavy and blond, isn't she?
The mother, I should say, is decidedly the character of the family.
She has rather terrible convictions, and once a great many years ago, she came over here--forced her way into my sick-room to rebuke me about the behaviour of the servants or something.

Your Uncle Jonathan was obliged to lead her out and pacify her--she was quite upset, I remember.
By the way, Kesiah," she pursued, "haven't I heard that Mr.Mullen is attentive to the daughter?
It seems a pity, for he is quite a superior young man--his sermons are really remarkable, and he might easily have done better." "Oh, that was when he first came here, Angela, before he met Molly Merryweather.

It's singular the fascination that girl possesses for the men around here." Gay laughed shortly.