Next to a life at sea, I should like one quite in the country.

There is plenty to do here.

There is the work on the place to look after, there is shooting, there is visiting, and visiting here means something hearty, and not like the formal work in the town.

Here no one troubles his head over politics.

They may quarrel as they like, in Paris, but it does not concern La Vendee.
"Here the peasants love their masters, and the masters do all in their power for the comfort and happiness of the peasants.