He pardoned the thief on the cross--' 'No, Paul, no thief,--not so bad as that, I hope, anyhow; never touched a feather of the squire's.

But you dropped a song, Paul, a bit of writing.' Paul turned pale.
'And--the Lord forgive me!--I put it in the squire's fly-book.' 'The Lord forgive you! Amen!' said Paul, solemnly.
Wearily and slowly they stepped on towards the old man's cottage.

A messenger had gone on before, and in a few minutes the squire, Mrs. Lavington, and the girls, were round the bed of their old retainer.
They sent off right and left for the doctor and the vicar; the squire was in a frenzy of rage and grief.
'Don't take on, master, don't take on,' said old Harry, as he lay; while the colonel and Honoria in vain endeavoured to stanch the wound.

'I knowed it would be so, sooner or later; 'tis all in the way of business.

They haven't carried off a bird, squire, not a bird; we was too many for 'em--eh, Paul, eh ?' 'Where is that cursed doctor ?' said the squire.