He offered, the other day, to give Leigh a trip across to Nantes, if I was willing.
"Things seem to be going on very badly in Paris, by what he says; but he does not anticipate any troubles in the west of France, where there seems to be none of that ill feeling, between the different classes, that there is in other parts." The departure of Captain Whittier was always followed by a broad smile on the faces of the elder boys, breaking occasionally into a hearty laugh, in which the squire joined.
"I call him an insufferable ass," Ralph said, on this particular evening.

"It would be difficult, as father says, to find an officer who is, as far as we are concerned, so admirably suited for his position." "That is so, Ralph.

There is scarcely a man, woman, or child in this part of Dorsetshire who does not know that there are more goods run, on that piece of water over there, than on the whole south coast of England.

I sincerely trust that nothing will ever bring about his recall.

Personally, I would pay two or three hundred a year, out of my own pocket, rather than lose him.