About noon
He was much too high-bred to express his thanks in vulgar phrases -LRB- though high-breeding rarely exhibits all its finer qualities pending an election -RRB- , but -- a man of the world , and one of a class whose main business it is to put the suaviter in modo , as the French have it en evidence , -- the reader may be sure that when we parted that night I was in perfect good humor with myself and , as a matter of course , with my new acquaintance . The next day the canvass was renewed , and we had another convincing speech on the subject of the virtue of `` a stake in society '' ; for Lord Pledge was tactician enough to attack the citadel , once assured of its weak point , rather than expend his efforts on the outworks of the place . That night the attorney arrived from town with the title-deeds all properly executed -LRB- they had been some time in preparation for Lord Pledge -RRB- , and the following morning early the tenants were served with the usual notices , with a handsomely expressed sentiment on my part in favor of `` a stake in society . '' About noon Lord Pledge walked over the course , as it is expressed at Newmarket and Doncaster . After dinner we separated , my noble friend returning to town , while I pursued my way to the rectory . Anna never appeared more fresh , more serene , more elevated above mortality , than when we met , a week after I had quitted Householder , in the breakfast-parlor of her father 's abode . `` You are beginning to look like yourself again , Jack , '' she said , extending her hand with the simple cordiality of an Englishwoman ; `` and I hope we shall find you more rational . ''