Grantly counters by going to his own lawyers, and by telling the beadsmen that they should be grateful for what they receive, and that they have no right to ask for more. Harding's pay should be split up among them. John begins stirring up dissension, talking to lawyers, and telling the beadsmen that Mr.
John Bold sees himself as a reformer, and is determined to stop corruption anywhere he sees it. His other daughter, Eleanor, is in love with a local surgeon named John Bold. He is a widower, and his older daughter Susan is married to Dr. He spends most of his time playing his violoncello, either for the beadsmen (residents), or by himself, but enjoys taking care of the men. Harding is a kind man, and gives extra money from his own pocket to the men assigned to his care.
He receives a salary based on the value of the land, and after so many years, the land has become very valuable. Harding, a priest, is the warden assigned to look after the men. Hiram's Hospital houses twelve charity cases, old men from Barchester who have no one to care for them in their old age. When a local man decides to uproot what he sees as corruption, a legal battle rages, with the result that many are hurt, and no one is helped.
Four hundred years later, the estate is making enough money that the warden of the hospital has a high salary. A man named John Hiram establishes a charitable hospital for the poor men of the nearby town of Barchester.
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