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Chapter 3
HehadthecuracyofMonkford,youknow,SirWalter,sometimeback,fortwoorthreeyears.Camethereabouttheyear——5,Itakeit.Yourememberhim,Iamsure.”
“Wentworth?Oh!ay—MrWentworth,thecurateofMonkford.Youmisledmebythetermgentleman.Ithoughtyouwerespeakingofsomemanofproperty:MrWentworthwasnobody,Iremember;quiteunconnected;nothingtodowiththeStraffordfamily.Onewondershowthenamesofmanyofournobilitybecomesocommon.”
AsMrShepherdperceivedthatthisconnexionoftheCroftsdidthemnoservicewithSirWalter,hementioneditnomore;returning,withallhiszeal,todwellonthecircumstancesmoreindisputablyintheirfavour;theirage,andnumber,andfortune;thehighideatheyhadformedofKellynchHall,andextremesolicitudefortheadvantageofrentingit;makingitappearasiftheyrankednothingbeyondthehappinessofbeingthetenantsofSirWalterElliot:anextraordinarytaste,certainly,couldtheyhavebeensupposedinthesecretofSirWalter’sestimateoftheduesofatenant.
Itsucceeded,however;andthoughSirWaltermusteverlookwithanevileyeonanyoneintendingtoinhabitthathouse,andthinktheminfinitelytoowelloffinbeingpermittedtorentitonthehighestterms,hewastalkedintoallowingMrShepherdtoproceedinthetreaty,andauthorisinghimtowaitonAdmiralCroft,whostillremainedatTaunton,andfixadayforthehousebeingseen
