After consultation, they reported that he was in a very bad way, and ought not, on any account, to be allowed to stir out for several months.

Fortified with this authority, the parish officers put him to bed, closed his windows, and barred his doors.

They paid him every attention, and from time to time issued bulletins of his health.

The steward never spoke of him without declaring that he was the best gentleman in the world; but excellent care was taken that he should never stir out of doors.
When this obstacle was removed, the Squire and the steward kept the parish in excellent order; flogged this man, sent that man to the stocks, and pushed forward the law-suit with a noble disregard of expense.

They were, however, wanting either in skill or in fortune.