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In my next chapter I shall present Squire Hazeldean in patriarchal state, -- not exactly under the fig-tree he has planted, but before the stocks he has reconstructed, -- Squire Hazeldean and his family on the village green! The canvas is all ready for the colours.
But in this chapter I must so far afford a glimpse into antecedents as to let the reader know that there is one member of the family whom he is not likely to meet at present, if ever, on the village green at Hazeldean.