He soon made a call at Fieldhead, and his first visit was not his last. He said--when he had achieved the round of the neighbourhood--that under no roof had he found such pleasant shelter as beneath the massive oak beams of the gray manor-house of Briarfield; a cramped, modest dwelling enough compared with his own, but he liked it.

He soon called at Fieldhead, and his first visit was not his last. He said that under no roof had he found such pleasant shelter as beneath Fieldhead's massive oak beams; a cramped, modest dwelling compared with his own, but he liked it.
