"Of course I shall not go to a house which is forbidden to me.

I wish you good-morning, sir." And he stalked to his horse, and endeavored to pull down the limb to which its bridle was attached.
Mr Brandon followed him.

"You must mount before you can unfasten your bridle," he said.

"And allow me to assure you, sir, that as soon as this little affair is settled I shall be very happy indeed to see you again at my house." Lawrence having succeeded in loosening his bridle from the tree, made answer with a bow, and galloped away to the Green Sulphur Springs.
Mr Brandon now mounted and rode home.

This was the first time in his life that he had ever forbidden any one to visit Midbranch, and yet he did not feel that he had been either discourteous or inhospitable.
"There are times," he said to himself, "when a man must stand up for his own interest; and this is one of the times.".