So said Walter Davenant, of whose lands we are possessed.

It will be as God wills it.

He has given to us the lands of others, and it may be that he will take them away again.

The times have changed, father, and the manners; and I am well pleased to see that John, while I am sure he is as true to the faith as I am myself, will take broader and, perhaps, happier views of life than I have done." Zephaniah gave a snort of displeasure.

He grieved continually at the influence which his daughter-in-law exercised over her son, and which now extended clearly to her husband; but Jabez was now a man of five-and-forty, and had lately shown that, in some respects at least, he intended to have his way, while Zephaniah himself, though still erect and strong, was well-nigh eighty.
"Remember, Jabez," he said, "that it goes hard with those who, having set their hands to the plough, turn aside." "I shall not turn aside, father," Jabez said quietly.