text:  And the reason for wishing to buy which was assigned by the intending purchaser was worst of all; that he had already made himself owner of every other farm which had once belonged to the Rayleigh manors and desired the family mansion to make the estate complete--and his name was Jeeks--Jeeks of Rayleigh Court! My father would have shot him if he had come within his reach; but as Mr Jeeks kept at a respectable distance the over-charge of indignation was poured forth upon me; and the opinion so obligingly given of my abilities and probable success in life by the Master of St John's was never for an hour forgotten