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"
Nay
,
Sir
Walter
,
"
cried
Mrs
Clay
,
"
this
is
being
severe
indeed
.
Have
a
little
mercy
on
the
poor
men
.
We
are
not
all
born
to
be
handsome
.
The
sea
is
no
beautifier
,
certainly
;
sailors
do
grow
old
betimes
;
I
have
observed
it
;
they
soon
lose
the
look
of
youth
.
But
then
,
is
not
it
the
same
with
many
other
professions
,
perhaps
most
other
?
Soldiers
,
in
active
service
,
are
not
at
all
better
off
:
and
even
in
the
quieter
professions
,
there
is
a
toil
and
a
labour
of
the
mind
,
if
not
of
the
body
,
which
seldom
leaves
a
man
's
looks
to
the
natural
effect
of
time
.
The
lawyer
plods
,
quite
care-worn
;
the
physician
is
up
at
all
hours
,
and
travelling
in
all
weather
;
and
even
the
clergyman
--
"
she
stopt
a
moment
to
consider
what
might
do
for
the
clergyman
--
"
and
even
the
clergyman
,
you
know
is
obliged
to
go
into
infected
rooms
,
and
expose
his
health
and
looks
to
all
the
injury
of
a
poisonous
atmosphere
.
In
fact
,
as
I
have
long
been
convinced
,
though
every
profession
is
necessary
and
honourable
in
its
turn
,
it
is
only
the
lot
of
those
who
are
not
obliged
to
follow
any
,
who
can
live
in
a
regular
way
,
in
the
country
,
choosing
their
own
hours
,
following
their
own
pursuits
,
and
living
on
their
own
property
,
without
the
torment
of
trying
for
more
;
it
is
only
their
lot
,
I
say
,
to
hold
the
blessings
of
health
and
a
good
appearance
to
the
utmost
:
I
know
no
other
set
of
men
but
what
lose
something
of
their
personableness
when
they
cease
to
be
quite
young
.
"
It
seemed
as
if
Mr
Shepherd
,
in
this
anxiety
to
bespeak
Sir
Walter
's
good
will
towards
a
naval
officer
as
tenant
,
had
been
gifted
with
foresight
;
for
the
very
first
application
for
the
house
was
from
an
Admiral
Croft
,
with
whom
he
shortly
afterwards
fell
into
company
in
attending
the
quarter
sessions
at
Taunton
;
and
indeed
,
he
had
received
a
hint
of
the
Admiral
from
a
London
correspondent
.
By
the
report
which
he
hastened
over
to
Kellynch
to
make
,
Admiral
Croft
was
a
native
of
Somersetshire
,
who
having
acquired
a
very
handsome
fortune
,
was
wishing
to
settle
in
his
own
country
,
and
had
come
down
to
Taunton
in
order
to
look
at
some
advertised
places
in
that
immediate
neighbourhood
,
which
,
however
,
had
not
suited
him
;
that
accidentally
hearing
--
(
it
was
just
as
he
had
foretold
,
Mr
Shepherd
observed
,
Sir
Walter
's
concerns
could
not
be
kept
a
secret
,
)
--
accidentally
hearing
of
the
possibility
of
Kellynch
Hall
being
to
let
,
and
understanding
his
(
Mr
Shepherd
's
)
connection
with
the
owner
,
he
had
introduced
himself
to
him
in
order
to
make
particular
inquiries
,
and
had
,
in
the
course
of
a
pretty
long
conference
,
expressed
as
strong
an
inclination
for
the
place
as
a
man
who
knew
it
only
by
description
could
feel
;
and
given
Mr
Shepherd
,
in
his
explicit
account
of
himself
,
every
proof
of
his
being
a
most
responsible
,
eligible
tenant
.
"
And
who
is
Admiral
Croft
?
"
was
Sir
Walter
's
cold
suspicious
inquiry
.
Mr
Shepherd
answered
for
his
being
of
a
gentleman
's
family
,
and
mentioned
a
place
;
and
Anne
,
after
the
little
pause
which
followed
,
added
--
"
He
is
a
rear
admiral
of
the
white
.
He
was
in
the
Trafalgar
action
,
and
has
been
in
the
East
Indies
since
;
he
was
stationed
there
,
I
believe
,
several
years
.
"
"
Then
I
take
it
for
granted
,
"
observed
Sir
Walter
,
"
that
his
face
is
about
as
orange
as
the
cuffs
and
capes
of
my
livery
.
"
Mr
Shepherd
hastened
to
assure
him
,
that
Admiral
Croft
was
a
very
hale
,
hearty
,
well-looking
man
,
a
little
weather-beaten
,
to
be
sure
,
but
not
much
,
and
quite
the
gentleman
in
all
his
notions
and
behaviour
;
not
likely
to
make
the
smallest
difficulty
about
terms
,
only
wanted
a
comfortable
home
,
and
to
get
into
it
as
soon
as
possible
;
knew
he
must
pay
for
his
convenience
;
knew
what
rent
a
ready-furnished
house
of
that
consequence
might
fetch
;
should
not
have
been
surprised
if
Sir
Walter
had
asked
more
;
had
inquired
about
the
manor
;
would
be
glad
of
the
deputation
,
certainly
,
but
made
no
great
point
of
it
;
said
he
sometimes
took
out
a
gun
,
but
never
killed
;
quite
the
gentleman
.
