"It is." And Ralph informed him how he came by the information.
For several minutes there was silence in the room, then William said, as if speaking to himself—
"But the place isn't worth the money."
"To a stranger—no; but to me it might be cheap at the price."
"Are you so good at farming?"
Ralph laughed.
"Well, no," he answered. "I'm afraid farming is not exactly my forte; but let us drop the subject. As I told Sir John Liskeard, I might as well think of buying the moon."
"But you are fond of the old place?" William questioned.
"In a sense, yes; but I do not look at it with such longing eyes as Ruth does."
"She would like to live there again?" William questioned eagerly.