I'm not sure I trust him." "Well," said Osborn thoughtfully, "I sometimes feel he's keenest about my interests when they don't clash with his, and this last affair was a pretty good example of nepotism.

For all that, his nephew would have been a better tenant and have paid a higher rent." He paused and knitted his brows angrily as he resumed: "However, it's done with, and one can't blame Railton for holding on to his lease.

What I hate to feel is, the others plotted to baffle me.

The land is mine, but I'd sooner get on well with my tenants." "One cannot, so to speak, have it both ways," Mrs.Osborn remarked timidly.
"Oh, I know what you mean! But I don't think I'm a harsh landlord.

If money was not quite so scarce, I might be generous.