Willey Church. 



CHAPTEE XY. 



THE WILLEY SQUIRE AMONG HIS NEIGHBOURS. 



The Squire among his Neighbours — Eoger de Coverley — Anecdotes 

 — Gentlemen nearest the Fire in the Lower Eegions — Food 

 Eiots — The Squire quells the Moh — His Virtues and his 

 Failings — Influences of the Times — His Career draws to a 

 Close — His wish for Old Friends and Servants to follow him 

 to the Grave — That he may he buried in the Dusk of Evening 

 — His Favourite Horse to be shot — His Estates to go to his 

 Cousin, Cecil Weld, the First Lord Forester. 



Like Addison's Sir Boger de Coverley, the Willey 

 Squire lived a father among his tenants, a friend 

 among his neighbours, and a good master amongst 



