servant
was
anxious to
get rid of
the few
peasants
who had
got into
the
house.What
sort of
conduct
was
that,he
asked
them,towards
a man who
was only a
tenant,had
been
invariably
good and
considerate
to the
villagers
for
years;and
only the
other day
had agreed
to give up
two
meadows
for the
use of the
village
herd?He
reminded
them,too,of
Mr.Nicholas
B.'s
devotion
to the
sick in
the time
of
cholera.Every
word of
this was
true and
