Sir Maurice, the old man, often asked her opinion about some article in his collection.

He sees a light under the door of his father's study, but does not disturb Sir Maurice.

He started to pull back the curtains, to see whether Sir Maurice was still sitting up in the study.

Two and a quarter inches across, according to the measurements Sir Maurice wrote down.

In fact, when Sir Maurice first showed it to his family, they thought it was a watch.

There was, on the surface, nothing to connect him with Sir Maurice.

Nobody has ever told her anything about Sir Maurice's new treasure, eh?

Upon receiving his knighthood in 1880, he became known as Sir Maurice.

Sir Maurice died in Auckland in 1916, survived by his son.

Sir Maurice used the land primarily for horse breeding.