I did so think of you and Nethercoats. The attractions are the same;--only in the one place you would have a god for your keeper, and in the other a brute. For myself, if ever I'm to have a keeper at all, I shall prefer a man. But when we got to the farmyard his eloquence reached the highest pitch. "Mrs. Greenow," said he, "look at that," and he pointed to heaps of manure raised like the streets of a little city. "Look at that!" "There's a great deal," said my aunt. "I believe you," said he. "I've more muck upon this place here than any farmer in Norfolk, gentle or simple; I don't care who the other is." Only fancy, Alice; it may all be mine; the blankets, the wine, the muck, and the rest of it. 
I thought of you and Nethercoats. The attractions are the same; only in the one place you would have a god for your keeper, and in the other a brute.
But when we got to the farmyard his eloquence reached the highest pitch.
"Mrs. Greenow," said he, "look at that," and he pointed to heaps of manure. "I've more muck upon this place here than any farmer in Norfolk." Only fancy, Alice; it may all be mine; the blankets, the wine, the muck, and the rest of it. 