A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurs Court by Mark Twain Chapter 7 Page 17

a rag of his tower left, but I had the government rebuild it for him, and advised him to take boarders; but he was too high-toned for that.

And as for being grateful, he never even said thank you. He was a rather hard lot, take him how you might; but then you couldn’t fairly expect a man to be sweet that had been set back so.