In a very little time they were successful; and Nap became rich.
He now set up for a gentleman; took possession of the old manor-house; got into the commission of the peace, and affected to be on a par with the best of the county.

He governed the vestries as absolutely as the old family had done.

Yet, to give him his due, he managed things with far more discretion than either Sir Lewis or the rioters who had pulled the Lords of the Manor down.

He kept his servants in tolerable order.
He removed the steel traps from the highways and the corners of the streets.

He still left a few indeed in the more exposed parts of his premises; and set up a board announcing that traps and spring guns were set in his grounds.