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           Winterwasanelderlygentlemannow,wealthy,oneofthewealthycoal-ownerswhohadhadtheirhey-dayinKingEdward’stime.KingEdwardhadstayedmorethanonceatShipley,fortheshooting.Itwasahandsomeoldstuccohall,veryelegantlyappointed,forWinterwasabachelorandpridedhimselfonhisstyle;buttheplacewasbesetbycollieries.LeslieWinterwasattachedtoClifford,butpersonallydidnotentertainagreatrespectforhim,becauseofthephotographsinillustratedpapersandtheliterature.TheoldmanwasabuckoftheKingEdwardschool,whothoughtlifewaslifeandthescribblingfellowsweresomethingelse.TowardsConnietheSquirewasalwaysrathergallant;hethoughtheranattractivedemuremaidenandratherwastedonClifford,anditwasathousandpitiesshestoodnochanceofbringingforthanheirtoWragby.Hehimselfhadnoheir.

           ConniewonderedwhathewouldsayifheknewthatClifford’sgame-keeperhadbeenhavingintercoursewithher,andsayingtoher’thamuncometoth’cottageonetime.’Hewoulddetestanddespiseher,forhehadcomealmosttohatetheshovingforwardoftheworkingclasses.Amanofherownclasshewouldnotmind,forConniewasgiftedfromnaturewiththisappearanceofdemure,submissivemaidenliness,andperhapsitwaspartofhernature.Wintercalledher’dearchild’andgaveheraratherlovelyminiatureofaneighteenth-centurylady,ratheragainstherwill.

           ButConniewaspreoccupiedwithheraffairwiththekeeper.