For much of the land was on high ground and dry, and the soil there benefited by the wet.

At the same time sheep sold well, and Harry's flocks were large and noted.

So he sauntered round with his gun, and knocked over a hare, and came comfortably home to dinner, easy in his mind, body, and pocket.
Harry was not a man of energy and intense concentrated purpose like his father.

He could never have built up a fortune, but, the money being there, Harry was just the man to keep it.

He was sufficiently prudent to run no risk and to avoid speculation.