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days a week, and shot t'other two; but then he had 

 no family, and plenty of money, and was a ^'ery good 

 clergyman too, I believe. And then there were Mr. 

 Knatchbull, of Cholderton Lodge, and Mr. Henry 

 Fowle, of Chute Lodge ; but there, you know'd both 

 o' them, and good sportsmen they were, and very fond 

 o' hunting ; bat I know'd Mr. Knatchbull before you, 

 when he were a young man, and curate of Fritwell, in 

 Oxfordshire, and he used sometimes to hunt with us 

 then. And then there were Mr. William Etwall, but 

 Mr. Smith didn't like him, nor he Mr. Smith. 'Twern't 

 everybody that Mr. Smith did like, and I heerd tell, 

 for I weren't out, something about a hound being 

 knocked over in a ride, or something o' that, but, of 

 course, it might be an accident ; and then there were 

 something else : but there, never mind, ]\Ir. Etwall 

 were always a very good sort o' man I believe, and 

 I never know'd anything against him. And then 

 there were Mr. Pierrepont, of Conholt Park, and a 

 nice tidy, quiet man he were, and very intimate with 

 ]\L'. Smith, though they weren't alike ; but Mr. Pierre- 

 pont were very fond o' hunting, and were a very neat 

 man in his dress, though no dandy. And then there 

 were another, who were very often staying with him, 

 and that were Lord Charles Wellesley, who married his 

 daughter, and who went blind, poor man ! but I can 



