She was a child no longer.
Bartley went to the sharp solicitor, and had a long interview with him.
The result was that in about ten days he sent Walter Clifford a letter
and the draft of a lease, very favorable to the landlord on the whole,
but cannily inserting one unusual clause that looked inoffensive.
It came by post, and Walter read the letter, and told his father whom
it was from.
"What does the fellow say?" grunted Colonel Clifford.
"He says: 'We are doing very well here, but Hope says a bailiff can now
carry out our system; and he is evidently sweet on his native place, and
thinks the proposed rent is fair, and even moderate. As for me, my life
used to be so bustling that I require a change now and then; so I will be
your tenant. Hope says I am to pay the expense of the lease, so I have
requested Arrowsmith & Cox to draw it. I have no experience in leases.
They have drawn hundreds. I told them to make it fair. If they have not,
send it back with objections.'"
"Oh! oh!" said Colonel Clifford.
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