"But you well know the wages laborers get in the dale, and there are old folks and some sick at Allerby who need a good fire.

The winter's hard and some of the cottages are very damp." "The farmers pay the wages." "None of them make much money.

They pay what their rent allows." "I don't force up the rents.

They're fixed by the terms new tenants are willing to offer when a lease runs out." "That is so," Kit agreed.

"I don't know that my neighbors grumble much because the rule works on your side.