Cottages, indeed! -- -- upstart of a cotton-spinner, coming down here, buying the lands over our heads, and pretends to show us how to manage our estates; old families that have been in the county this four hundred years, with the finest peasantry in the world ready to die for them, sir, till these new revolutionary doctrines came in--Pride and purse-proud conceit, just to show off his money! What do they want with better cottages than their fathers had?
Only put notions into their heads, raise 'em above their station; more they have, more they'll want.

---- sir, make chartists of 'em all before he's done! I'll tell you what, sir,"-- and Mr.Trebooze attempted a dignified and dogmatic tone--"I never told it you before, because you were my very good friend, sir: but my opinion is, sir, that by what you're doing up at Pentremochyn, you're just spreading chartism--chartism, sir! Of course I know nothing.

Of course I'm nobody, in these days: but that's my opinion, sir, and you've got it!" By which motion Tom took little.

Mighty is envy always, and mighty ignorance: but you become aware of their truly Titanic grandeur only when you attempt to touch their owner's pocket.
Tom tried old Heale: but took as little in that quarter.

Heale had heard of sanitary reform, of course; but he knew nothing about it, and gave a general assent to Tom's doctrines, for fear of exposing his own ignorance: acting on them was a very different matter.