CHAPTER VI.
It was true of Mr.Buxton, as well as of his son, that he had the seeds of imperiousness in him.

His life had not been such as to call them out into view.

With more wealth than he required; with a gentle wife, who if she ruled him never showed it, or was conscious of the fact herself; looked up to by his neighbors, a simple affectionate set of people, whose fathers had lived near his father and grandfather in the same kindly relation, receiving benefits cordially given, and requiting them with good will and respectful attention: such had been the circumstances surrounding him; and until his son grew out of childhood, there had not seemed a wish which he had it not in his power to gratify as soon as formed.

Again, when Frank was at school and at college, all went on prosperously; he gained honors enough to satisfy a far more ambitious father.

Indeed, it was the honors he gained that stimulated his father's ambition.