I should say that a great many people are fools to you.' 'Not to me especially,' said the squire, almost angrily.

" SQUIRE (excitedly): "Let go the hawk, Tom; there's a great lanky heron risin' at the withybed yonder.

"No," said the squire, somewhat reluctantly.

" "Of course," said the squire, soothingly.

Through the water splash squire, viscount, steward, and hounds, to the horror of a shoal of par, the only visible tenants of a pool, which, after a shower of rain, would be alive with trout.

"Lady Mary knows nothing of the matter," said the squire, rather peevishly.

Bowater was a harsh matron, Mr. Bowater a big comely squire, the daughters both tall, one with an honest open face much like Herbert's, only with rather less youth and more intelligence, the other a bright dark glowing gipsy-faced young girl.