'Need I remind you,' began Eustace, 'of my father's high, indomitable spirit?
'No, no,' said the squire hastily; 'he was the finest'—
'Now, squire,' said Dr. Cruden, laying his hand gently on his knee, 'let us agree, before Mr. De la Mark begins, that there shall be no interruptions, or we shall not finish to-night.'
'Go on,' said the squire.
'He could never brook the stern temper of my grandfather, and constant contention created serious disaffection between them.'
'That was all through Bloodworth,' said the squire; 'he was at the bottom of it all; he is a very'—
'Now, do hush,' said the doctor in a deprecating tone.
'Go on, Eu,' said the squire impatiently.
'He married—that you know—and I was born before he was twenty-one.'
'Yep, you must be pretty near thirty by this time.'