“His father was an excellent man,”said Mrs.Gardiner.
“If your master would marry,you might see more of him.”
“Yes, ma'am, that he was indeed; and his son will be just like him―just as affable to the poor.”
This was praise,of all others most extraordinary,most opposite to her ideas.That he was not a good-tempered man had been her firmest opinion.Her keenest attention was awakened;she longed to hear more,and was grateful to her uncle for saying: