"Not to live, though it's nice to see them."
"There's always fever about in those hot places."
"He'll be buried out there!"
"And his son was buried in India!"
"It seems as if the luck was against the family."
"Mr. Glyn Williams will be for buying the property now!"
"It's what he's been after ever since he came here."
"Well, I suppose he'd make a better landlord than some."
Mavis and Merle were not remarkably interested in General Talland, so they said "Thank you" for the information they had received, and walked down to the shore, where they amused themselves till it was time to return for lunch. When they got back to Grimbal's Farm, however, they found Mrs. Penruddock full of the news, which she had learnt from some of her customers.