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He must needs be taken abroad in a chair when it rained . And though in the course of a summer he was often at Carvel Hall he never tarried long , and came to see Mr. Carvel 's guests rather than Mr. Carvel . He had little in common with my grandfather , whose chief business and pleasure was to promote industry on his farm . Mr. Marmaduke was wont to rise at noon , and knew not wheat from barley , or good leaf from bad ; his hands he kept like a lady 's , rendering them almost useless by the long lace on the sleeves , and his chief pastime was card-playing . It was but reasonable therefore , when the troubles with the mother country began , that he chose the King 's side alike from indolence and contempt for things republican . Of Mrs. Manners I shall say more by and by . I took a mischievous delight in giving Mr. Manners every annoyance my boyish fancy could conceive .