The place won't seem so dead and alive if we've got something to think of and expect." "Who are the solicitors Sir Nigel employs ?" Betty had asked her sister, when their pilgrimage through the house had been completed.
Messrs.

Townlinson & Sheppard, a firm which for several generations had transacted the legal business of much more important estates than Stornham, held its affairs in hand.

Lady Anstruthers knew nothing of them, but that they evidently did not approve of the conduct of their client.

Nigel was frequently angry when he spoke of them.

It could be gathered that they had refused to allow him to do things he wished to do--sell things, or borrow money on them.
"I think we must go to London and see them," Betty suggested.
Rosy was agitated.