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The Worried Bishop;
of one of the bishop ' s small livings . Let me try if either object can be effected . " " By you ! " exclaimed Mr . Gladxvin , in amaze ; " by you , of whom his lordship knows nothing ! A day dream ! a day dream !"
"A reality , " returned the other ; "if you will let Harry accompany me . His looks will win his oxvn cause ; moreover , the colonel—an olcl college friend of Bishop Umphelby—has xvorded his letter very strongly ; come , clear governor , give your assent . " The cxu-ate still hesitated .
" As to the money part of the affair , " said the young man , colouring , " all that is proxdded for ; I haA'e my quarter ' s alloxvance still untouched ; all xve AA ' ant is the monosyllable— ' Go . ' " " A fruitless journey , Cecil ! It will end but in disappointment and chagrin !" "Not so , ' cried the other , joyfully ; construing this remark into consent : "Take a hint from the Chartists , sir : 'Have faith in the future !'"
III . The toxvn house of Bishop Umphelby was in a gloomy part of London . A court-yard badly paved and untidily kept ; but let Sydney Smith describe it . He calls it " A lying dwelling . Outside , —all gloom , smoke , and misery . Within—progprogeverlastingly . The mansion
, , , overfloxA's with good cheer . Call when you will , you meet a man xvith a napkin . There is alxvays a tray going in or a tray going out . Its inmates seem to dine at all hours . Or rather , to be for ever dining ! The Right Reverend Father is beyond all doubt given to hospitality . " The prelate had made a heartbreakfast ; his digestion was in
y capital order ; and he was in rare good humour when Wray and little Harry Gladxvin presented themselves . Colonel Western ' s letter was a ready passport . They were admitted into the bishop's presence forthwith . He scanned his visitors attentively ; then turned to the colonel ' s letter ; gave it a second perusal ; and , after a pause , said deliberately and seriously : —
"I shoxdd think this is about the 119 th Psalm—I mean child—that I ' ve been asked Avithin this tAvelvemonth to help into Charter-house . People fancy , I believe , that there is a vacancy for a foundation scholar in that establishment every time St . Paul ' s strikes the hour . A monstrous fallacy !" Cecil boxx * ed . He saxv he was expected to do something ; and he fancied his safest movement was a boAv .
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The Worried Bishop;
of one of the bishop ' s small livings . Let me try if either object can be effected . " " By you ! " exclaimed Mr . Gladxvin , in amaze ; " by you , of whom his lordship knows nothing ! A day dream ! a day dream !"
"A reality , " returned the other ; "if you will let Harry accompany me . His looks will win his oxvn cause ; moreover , the colonel—an olcl college friend of Bishop Umphelby—has xvorded his letter very strongly ; come , clear governor , give your assent . " The cxu-ate still hesitated .
" As to the money part of the affair , " said the young man , colouring , " all that is proxdded for ; I haA'e my quarter ' s alloxvance still untouched ; all xve AA ' ant is the monosyllable— ' Go . ' " " A fruitless journey , Cecil ! It will end but in disappointment and chagrin !" "Not so , ' cried the other , joyfully ; construing this remark into consent : "Take a hint from the Chartists , sir : 'Have faith in the future !'"
III . The toxvn house of Bishop Umphelby was in a gloomy part of London . A court-yard badly paved and untidily kept ; but let Sydney Smith describe it . He calls it " A lying dwelling . Outside , —all gloom , smoke , and misery . Within—progprogeverlastingly . The mansion
, , , overfloxA's with good cheer . Call when you will , you meet a man xvith a napkin . There is alxvays a tray going in or a tray going out . Its inmates seem to dine at all hours . Or rather , to be for ever dining ! The Right Reverend Father is beyond all doubt given to hospitality . " The prelate had made a heartbreakfast ; his digestion was in
y capital order ; and he was in rare good humour when Wray and little Harry Gladxvin presented themselves . Colonel Western ' s letter was a ready passport . They were admitted into the bishop's presence forthwith . He scanned his visitors attentively ; then turned to the colonel ' s letter ; gave it a second perusal ; and , after a pause , said deliberately and seriously : —
"I shoxdd think this is about the 119 th Psalm—I mean child—that I ' ve been asked Avithin this tAvelvemonth to help into Charter-house . People fancy , I believe , that there is a vacancy for a foundation scholar in that establishment every time St . Paul ' s strikes the hour . A monstrous fallacy !" Cecil boxx * ed . He saxv he was expected to do something ; and he fancied his safest movement was a boAv .