to his name, although I learned that he could count his farms by the dozen.

I was told that the annual dinner given to his tenant farmers came off the previous day at the inn where I lodged.

A sumptuous banquet was provided for them, presided over by the steward of the estate; as the great _Mr_.

did not honor the plebeian company with his presence.

This is a feature of the structure of English society which the best read American would not be likely to recognise without travelling somewhat extensively in the country.