"Two thousand a year in ———shire, bought a bargain."
"What's the name of the place?"
"Grubley."
"Lord Grubley!—Baron Grubley of Grubley—oh, atrocious! Who had the place before you?"
"Bought it of Mr. Sheepshanks—very old family."
"But surely some old Norman once had the place?"
"Norman, yes! Henry the Second gave it to his barber—Bertram Courval."
"That's it!—that's it! Lord de Courval—singular coincidence!—descent from the old line. Herald's College soon settle all that. Lord de Courval!—nothing can sound better. There must be a village or hamlet still called Courval about the property."
"I am afraid not. There is Coddle End!"
"Coddle End!—Coddle End!—the very thing, sir—the very thing—clear corruption from Courval!—Lord de Courval of Courval! Superb! Ha! ha!"