She is so young and light-hearted and thoughtless that--but you understand me, do you not ?" I bowed.

I understood him perfectly.

He wanted no more poachers on the land he himself had pilfered.

Quite right, from his point of view! But I was the rightful owner of the land after all, and I naturally had a different opinion of the matter.

However, I made no remark, and feigned to be rather bored by the turn the conversation was taking.