live in bath chapter iii i must take leave to observe sir walter said mr shepherd one morning at hall as he laid down the newspaper that the present juncture is much in our favor this peace will be turning all our rich naval officers ashore they will be all wanting a home could not be a better time sir walter for having a choice of tenants very responsible tenants many a noble fortune has been made during the war if a rich admiral were to come in our wa sir walter � he would be a very lucky man shepherd replied sir walter � that s all i have to remark a prize indeed would hall be to him rather the greatest prize of all let him have taken ever so many before � hey shepherd mr shepherd laughed as he knew he must at this wit and then added � this peace on march the allied armies entered pan s and on following napoleon signed the articles of miss s to contemporary events are singularly few and like the present one are of the character chapters from jane i presume to observe sir walter that iii the way of business gentlemen of the are well to deal with have had a little knowledge of their methods of doing business and i am free to confess that have very liberal notions and are as likely to make desirable tenants as any set of people one should meet with therefore sir walter what i would take leave to suggest is that if in consequence of an getting abroad of our intention � which must be contemplated as a possible thing because we know bow difficult it is to keep the actions and designs of one part of the world from the notice and curiosity of the other � consequence has its tax � i john shepherd might conceal any family matters that i choose for would think it worth their while to observe me but sir walter has eyes upon him which it may be very difficult to and thus much i venture upon that it will not surprise me if with all our caution some of the truth should get abroad in the supposition of which as i was going to observe since will unquestionably follow i should think any from our wealth naval particularly worth attending to and beg leave to add that two hours will bring me over at any time to save you the trouble of replying sir walter nodded but soon rising and pacing the room he observed � there are few among the gentlemen of the navy i imagine who would not be surprised to find themselves in a house of this description they would look around them no doubt and bless their good fortune said mrs clay for mrs clay was present her father had driven her over nothing being of so much use to mrs clay s health as a drive to but i quite agree with m father in thinking a sailor might be a ver desirable tenant i have known a good deal of the profession and besides their liberality they are so neat and careful in all their ways persuasion these valuable pictures of yours sir walter if ou chose to leave them would be safe everything in and about the house would be taken such excellent care of the gardens and would be kept in almost as high order as they are now you need not be afraid miss of your own sweet flower garden s being neglected as to all that rejoined sir walter coolly supposing i were induced to let my house i have by no means made up my mind as lo the privileges to be to it i am not particularly disposed to favor a tenant the park would be open to him of course and few officers or men of any other description can have had such a range but what i impose on the use of the pleasure grounds is another thing i am not fond of the idea of m being s and i should recommend miss to be on her guard with respect to her flower garden i am little disposed to grant a tenant of hall any extraordinary favor i assure you be he sailor or soldier after a short pause mr shepherd presumed to say � id all these cases there are established which make everything plain and between landlord and tenant your interest sir walter is in pretty safe hands depend n me for taking care that no tenant has more than his just rights i venture to hint that sir walter cannot be half so jealous for his own as john shepherd will be for him here anne spoke � the navy i think who have done so much for us have at least an equal claim with any other set of men for all the comforts and all the privileges which any home can give sailors work hard enough for their comforts we must all allow very true very true what miss anne says is ver true was mr shepherd s and oh chapters from jane certainly was his daughter s but sir walter s remark was soon afterwards � the profession has its utility but i should be sorry to see any friend of mine belonging to it indeed was the reply and with a look of surprise yes it is in two points offensive to me i have two strong grounds of objection to it as being tlie means of bringing persons of obscure birth into undue distinction and raising men to honors which their fathers and grandfather never dreamed of and secondly as it cuts up a man s youth and vigor most horribly a sailor grows old sooner than any other man i have observed it all my life a man is in greater danger in the navy of being insulted 