34/40 'I know the value of my own timber a great deal better than he. They're not worth a third of what they put them at.' 'Even at the Government price ?' Elizabeth ventured slyly. 'He'll be very glad to give it!' 'Then it's blackmailing the country,' said the Squire obstinately. If the Squire persisted in rejecting this deal, which he had himself invited in another mood, half her dreams for the future, the dreams of a woman just beginning to feel the intoxication of power, or, to put it better, the creative passion of the reformer, were undone. She had already saved the Squire much money. |