See what it has brought him to. Many a one who never reads or thinks either, gets to be Rector, and Dean, and what not; and I daresay master might, if he'd just minded missus, and let the weary reading and thinking alone.--There she goes" (looking out of the window as she heard the front door shut). "Poor young lady! her clothes look shabby to what they did when she came to Helstone a year ago. Then she hadn't so much as a darned stocking or a cleaned pair of gloves in all her wardrobe. And now--!"
See what it has brought him to! Many a one who never reads nor thinks gets to be Rector, and Dean, and what not; and I dare say master might, if he'd just minded missus, and let the weary reading and thinking alone. There she goes' (as she heard the front door shut). 'Poor young lady! her clothes look so shabby. When she came to Helstone a year ago, she hadn't a darned stocking in all her wardrobe. And now-!'