For instance, nothing would be easier than to break into the house here; and there's plenty to tempt them--plenty of silver, I mean," he added, hastily and with a furtive glance at the Marquess.
"I don't think gipsies commit burglaries," said the Marquess, in his precise way.

"They would find some difficulty in getting away with their booty.

It would be easy to trace them." "All the same, I'd try to get rid of them," said Heyton, doggedly.

"I saw one or two of them, evil-looking chaps, lurking about the plantation." "Looking for wood for their fires, no doubt," said the Marquess.

"But I'll speak to the steward, if you wish it; though, as I say, they are on common land and it will not be easy to turn them off." "Well, don't blame me when it's too late," said Percy, with a shrug of his shoulders.
Departing from his usual custom, he went into the drawing-room with his father and sat there, listening to Miriam's playing and singing; and it was he who suggested bed.
"I'm a bit tired; had a long tramp to-day," he said, yawning and stretching his arms.
"You ought to walk more, Percy," remarked the Marquess.