“It is all prejudice, because that horrid attorney said all these poor people were a bad lot.”
“Hush, hush!” said Mrs Carbonel, rather frightened, and—
“I advise you to think before you speak,” said Captain Carbonel quietly but sternly.
Still Dora could not help saying, as soon as she was alone with her sister, “I shall believe in the French measure. I like that slow, dull man, and I am sure he is honest.”
“Yes, dear, only pray don’t say any more to Edmund, but let us get the book-case placed as fast as we can, and let him forget all about it.”
Chapter Two.
The Lie of the Land.
“Thank you, pretty cow, that gave
Pleasant milk to soak my bread,
Every day and every night
Warm and fresh, and sweet and bright.”
J. Taylor.