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" Oh, his lordship, most certainly/' 



" How should that be," I said, " when 

 I am quite a stranger to him ? " 



" Not quite, I believe. Are you not the 

 person who has lately been in corres- 

 pondence with one of the magistrates, 

 respecting a trespass you committed in 

 Rothamstead Park. I answered in the 

 affirmative; he bowed and said no more. 



I then clearly understood what was 

 meant, particularly as my host and my 

 correspondent were neighbours, as well as 

 magistrates; therefore taking leave of my 

 companion, and requesting him most re- 

 spectfully to thank his lordship from me, 

 for this especial mark of his favour, I re- 

 turned to Redbourn, well pleased with my 

 walk and entertainment, contrasting in my 

 own mind the conduct of a man ennobled 

 by worth, as well as by rank and wealth, 

 with that of one of mean understanding, 

 who, possessing but one qualification ne- 



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