You wouldn't wish me to let the land up to the house door." "I think," said old Mrs.Fletcher, "that a landlord should consent to lose a little by his own farming.

It does good in the long run." Both Mr.Wharton and Sir Alured felt that this might be very well at Longbarns, though it could hardly be afforded at Wharton.
"I don't think I lose much by my farming," said the squire of Longbarns.

"I have about four hundred acres on hand, and I keep my accounts pretty regularly." "Johnson is a very good man, I dare say," said the baronet.
"Like most of the others," continued the squire, "he's very well as long as he's looked after.

I think I know as much about it as Johnson.

Of course, I don't expect a farmer's profit; but I do expect my rent, and I get it." "I don't think I manage it quite that way," said the baronet in a melancholy tone.
"I'm afraid not," said the barrister.
"John is as hard upon the men as any one of the tenants," said John's wife, Mrs.Fletcher of Longbarns.
"I'm not hard at all," said John, "and you understand nothing about it.