"Why, of course I do."
"With intent to kill?"
"There is not the least doubt of it."
"You think he had good reason for hating you?"
"From his point of view he may think that I ought to have foregone my rights."
"He thinks you ought not to have pushed them to extremes, as you did. It was a cruel thing to do, father, and you know it."
"The Penlogans have never been desirable people. They have never known their place, or kept it. I wouldn't have leased the downs to them if I had known their opinions. No man did so much to turn the last election as David Penlogan."
"I suppose he had a perfect right to his opinions?"
"And I have the right to exercise any influence or power I possess in any way I please," he retorted angrily. "And if I chose to accept a more suitable tenant for one of my farms, that's my business and no one else's."
"I have no wish to argue the question, father," she answered quietly.