"The truth is, Mr. Gotobed," said Morton endeavouring to explain it
all, "you see a part only and not the whole. That man Goarly is a
rascal."
"So everybody says."
"And why can't you believe everybody?"
"So everybody says on the lord's side. But before I'm done I'll
find out what people say on the other side. I can see that he is
ignorant and squalid; but that very probably is the lord's fault.
It may be that he is a rascal and that the lord is to blame for
that too. But if the lord's pheasants have eaten up Goarly's corn,
the lord ought to pay for the corn whether Goarly be a rascal or
not" Then John Morton made up his mind that he would never ask
another American Senator to his house.
CHAPTER XVIII
The Attorney's Family is disturbed
On that Wednesday evening Mary Masters said nothing to any of her
family as to the invitation from Lady Ushant. She very much wished
to accept it. Latterly, for the last month or two, her distaste to
the kind of life for which her stepmother was preparing her, had
increased upon her greatly. There bad been days in which she had
doubted whether it might not be expedient that she should accept
Mr. Twentyman's offer. She believed no ill of him. She thought him
to be a fine manly young fellow with a good heart and high
principles. She never asked herself whether he were or were not a
gentleman.
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