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The Worried Bishop;
A'ery heinous fault : he did not curb his appetite : he clung to creature-comforts . Sad ! sad ! He may be said to have dug his OAVU grave !" Ancl the bishop shook his head reprovingly . "But , as to Mr . Gladwin , my lord ? " suggested Wray , "harking back" to the main subject . " He has served a fan * apprenticeship , " xvas Dr . Umphelby's comment .
"And on ninety pounds per annum , " added his earnest advocate . " True ! That fact—a Avei ghty one—should not be forgotten . Ah ! of IIOAV many , ancl dail y p rivations , must it not have been the parent ! " Ancl the prelate fell into a deep reverie . Cecil let him muse on . The fruit of such meditations could
not , he felt , be other than favourable to his suit . The bishop ' s reverie—a long one—ended , he glanced keenly at his young A'isitor , ancl murmured sloAvly , as if seeking to reAive past impressions . " Wray !¦— -Wray !—that name is not unfamiliar to me . Are you related to a Colonel Wray , late of the 72 nd ?"
" His son , my lord ?" " Ah ! I have often heard my dear and only brother , Major Umphelby , speak of him . They Avere AA'armly attached and fell in the same engagement . His son ! Is it really so ?" And the aged dignitary ' s gaze AA'as again directed towards , and rivetted on his visitor ' s changing countenancetill the dark
, , intelligent , eye Avas dimmed Avith tears . "We must not dAvell on these bloAvs "—continued he , mastering Avith a strong effort his emotion—the past is beyond oxu ' control : not so the present . And IIOAV is it that I find you with Mr . Gladwin ? Is he a relative ? " No ! my Lord . "
" Your guardian ?" " Yes ! in the truest sense . But b y no legal arrangement ; simply from the suggestions of his OAVU benevolent heart . M y father ancl he Avere friends from youth , and brother Masons . "
"Ah ! then there is a tie , a stringent tie among that fraternity , as my brother has often told me . He was a Mason ancl deeply attached to the order . I remember many years ago——" A London rat , tat , tat , in the most approved st yle , ancl by no common proficient , startled the speaker . He rang his bell to the servant AVIIO ansAvered it . " No visitors , Jai'A'is : —no
visitors on any pretext : —I am particularly engaged till three o ' clock . " " There arc four gentlemen , my lord , —clergymen , "—this last
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The Worried Bishop;
A'ery heinous fault : he did not curb his appetite : he clung to creature-comforts . Sad ! sad ! He may be said to have dug his OAVU grave !" Ancl the bishop shook his head reprovingly . "But , as to Mr . Gladwin , my lord ? " suggested Wray , "harking back" to the main subject . " He has served a fan * apprenticeship , " xvas Dr . Umphelby's comment .
"And on ninety pounds per annum , " added his earnest advocate . " True ! That fact—a Avei ghty one—should not be forgotten . Ah ! of IIOAV many , ancl dail y p rivations , must it not have been the parent ! " Ancl the prelate fell into a deep reverie . Cecil let him muse on . The fruit of such meditations could
not , he felt , be other than favourable to his suit . The bishop ' s reverie—a long one—ended , he glanced keenly at his young A'isitor , ancl murmured sloAvly , as if seeking to reAive past impressions . " Wray !¦— -Wray !—that name is not unfamiliar to me . Are you related to a Colonel Wray , late of the 72 nd ?"
" His son , my lord ?" " Ah ! I have often heard my dear and only brother , Major Umphelby , speak of him . They Avere AA'armly attached and fell in the same engagement . His son ! Is it really so ?" And the aged dignitary ' s gaze AA'as again directed towards , and rivetted on his visitor ' s changing countenancetill the dark
, , intelligent , eye Avas dimmed Avith tears . "We must not dAvell on these bloAvs "—continued he , mastering Avith a strong effort his emotion—the past is beyond oxu ' control : not so the present . And IIOAV is it that I find you with Mr . Gladwin ? Is he a relative ? " No ! my Lord . "
" Your guardian ?" " Yes ! in the truest sense . But b y no legal arrangement ; simply from the suggestions of his OAVU benevolent heart . M y father ancl he Avere friends from youth , and brother Masons . "
"Ah ! then there is a tie , a stringent tie among that fraternity , as my brother has often told me . He was a Mason ancl deeply attached to the order . I remember many years ago——" A London rat , tat , tat , in the most approved st yle , ancl by no common proficient , startled the speaker . He rang his bell to the servant AVIIO ansAvered it . " No visitors , Jai'A'is : —no
visitors on any pretext : —I am particularly engaged till three o ' clock . " " There arc four gentlemen , my lord , —clergymen , "—this last