He took another pinch of snuff and shook his head.
"Then in that case," he said dryly, "all the lawyers in the world can't help.

It's his--absolutely--and he can do what he pleases with it.

Five hundred years, you say?
Remarkable!--that a man should want to sell land his forefathers have walked over for half a thousand years! Extraordinary!" "Did Lord Altmore say if any reason had been given him as to why Mr.
Greyle wished to sell ?" asked Gilling.
"Yes," replied Mrs.Greyle, who was obviously greatly upset by the recent news.

"He did.

Mr.Greyle gave as his reason that the north does not suit him, and that he wishes to buy an estate in the south of England.