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 though he had a right to it, and she had no other child but himself. But her heart was set upon the world; and when that is the case, it signifies little, whether people be poor or rich, for they still think they can never have enough: and though they have much more than they can use, they go on craving and craving for more, till they drop into the grave. So it was with the old lady, who grew fonder of money every year she lived; and though she would not part with the estate, she was brought to forgive my lord for claiming it, and expressed a wish to see him, which his lady urged him to comply with.

I should much have liked to have gone with them, but they resolved on leaving all the children under my care in Yorkshire, except Master Meriton, the elder of the two young gentlemen, who was to accompany them, attended by the woman who had been his nurse.

The two young ladies, and the infant