By and by, his spirit rose, as it always did, the heavier it was pressed down.
"No, Lord Luxmore shall not ruin me! I have thought of a scheme.

But first I must speak to my people--I shall have to shorten wages for a time." "How soon ?" "To-night.

If it must be done--better done at once, before winter sets in.

Poor fellows! it will go hard with them--they'll be hard upon me.
But it is only temporary; I must reason them into patience, if I can;--God knows, it is not they alone who want it." He almost ground his teeth as he saw the sun shining on the far white wing of Luxmore Hall.
"Have you no way of righting yourself?
If it is an unlawful act, why not go to law ?" "Phineas, you forget my principle--only mine, however; I do not force it upon any one else--my firm principle, that I will never go to law.
Never! I would not like to have it said, in contradistinction to the old saying, 'See how these Christians FIGHT!'" I urged no more; since, whether abstractedly the question be right or wrong, there can be no doubt that what a man believes to be evil, to him it is evil.
"Now, Uncle Phineas, go you home with Muriel.

Tell my wife what has occurred--say, I will come to tea as soon as I can.