I have had the young Freelands here." "Those young pups!" "Can't it be managed ?" Malloring did not answer hastily.

He had that best point of the good Englishman, a dislike to being moved out of a course of conduct by anything save the appeal of his own conscience.
"I don't know," he said, "why we should alter what we thought was just.
Must give him time to look round and get a job elsewhere." "I think the general state of feeling demands it.

It's not fair to the villagers to let the Freelands have such a handle for agitating.

Labor's badly wanted everywhere; he can't have any difficulty in getting a place, if he likes." "No.

Only, I rather admire the fellow for sticking by his girl, though he is such a 'land-lawyer.' I think it's a bit harsh to move him suddenly." "So did I, till I saw from those young furies what harm it's doing.