17/19 However much the new Squire wants to marry his cousin, it's very flat she'll not have anything to say to him. I've once or twice had an opportunity of seeing those two together, and it's my private opinion that Miss Audrey dislikes that young man just about as heartily as she possibly could!" "What does Mr.Marston Greyle find to do with himself in this place ?" asked Copplestone, turning the conversation. "Can't be very lively for him if he's a man of any activity." "Oh, I don't know," replied Mrs.Wooler. "I think he's a good deal like his uncle, the last squire--he certainly never goes anywhere, except out to sea in his yacht. He shoots a bit, and fishes a bit, and so on, and spends a lot of time with Peeping Peter--he's a widower, is Chatfield, and lives alone, except when his daughter runs down to see him. |