He would have proved clouds of pheasants.

And then Goarly's humble position, futile industry, and general poverty might have been contrasted beautifully with Lord Rufford's wealth, idleness, and devotion to sport.

Anything above the 7_s._ 6_d._ an acre obtained against the lord would have been a triumph, and he thought that if the thing had been well managed, they might probably have got 15_s._ And then, in such a case, Lord Rufford could hardly have taxed the costs.

It was really suicide for an attorney to throw away business so excellent as this.

And now it had gone to Bearside whom Nickem remembered as a junior to himself when they were both young hobbledehoys at Norrington,--a dirty, blear-eyed, pimply-faced boy who was suspected of purloining halfpence out of coat-pockets.
The thing was very trying to Nat Nickem.