"And I suppose he's something more than a common farmer. He's visited by the people about where he lives, isn't he?"
"Oh, yes, in a sort of a way. The county people, you know, keep themselves very much to themselves."
"That's of course. But his house;--he has a good sort of place, hasn't he?"
"Yes, yes;--a very good house;--a little too near to the horse-pond for my taste. But when a man gets his money out of the till, he mustn't be ashamed of the counter;--must he, Mrs. Greenow?"
"But he could live like a gentleman if he let his own land, couldn't he?"

"I suppose he's something more than a common farmer. He has a good sort of place, hasn't he?"
"Yes, yes; a very good house; - a little too near to the horse-pond for my taste."
