Refused_:' What does that mean ?" "It is an application from one Trevethick, an inn-keeper, to purchase a disused mine at Gethin, on the west coast of Cornwall, which Carew has declined.

Two thousand pounds was offered on the nail, a sum far beyond its value; but it is one of his crazes that his property there is very valuable, and it's evident that this Trevethick thinks so too--whereas it is only picturesque.

For grandeur of position, Gethin Castle, or rather what is left of it, for it is a ruin, is indeed unequaled! You should take your sketch-book down there, some day.

May I ask, by-the-by, are you only an amateur in that way, or a professional ?" "I am an artist by profession.

I live by my pencil, save for what my mother allows me out of Carew's pittance.