His estate is very small compared with Beaurepaire, but he has always farmed it himself.

'I'll have no go-between,' says he, 'to impoverish both self and soil.' He is also a bit of a misanthrope, and has made me one.

I have a very poor opinion of my fellow-creatures, very." "Well, but," said Rose, "if he is all that, he will not sympathize with us, who have so mismanaged Beaurepaire.

Will he not despise us ?" Edouard was a little staggered, but Aubertin came to his aid.
"Permit me, Josephine," said he.

"Natural history steps in here, and teaches by me, its mouth-piece.