text:  The tenants of the Bandvale farms had a dinner at the Rose and Crown and one of the managing attorneys proposed the young landlord's health in a speech full of amazing eloquence but with a countenance that would have been more appropriate to a funeral oration than a toast; and it was in fact the funeral oration over his stewardship as he gave notice that it was Mr Edwards's intention to take the management into his own hands--a piece of information that gave great satisfaction to every one except the firm of Goody and Fripp