‘You never were foolish.’

’Nor young either, I sometimes think.  But now you must promise me this.  You will do all that you can to induce him to make Carbury his residence.’

‘We have no plans as yet at all, Roger.’

’Then it will be certainly so much the easier for you to fall into my plan.  Of course you will be married at Carbury?’

‘What will mamma say?’

’She will come here, and I am sure will enjoy it.  That I regard as settled.  Then, after that, let this be your home,—­so that you should learn really to care about and to love the place.  It will be your home really, you know, some of these days.  You will have to be Squire of Carbury yourself...