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He had coer Carbury had found out that he was a gentleer had found out also that he was very poor, and had consequently taken hi priest had not hesitated to accept his neighbour's hospitality, having on one occasion laughingly protested that he should be delighted to dine at Carbury, as he was arden and the poultry yard, declaring that he was too poor to refuse anything The apparent frankness of the er, and the charm had not been seriously disturbed when Father Barha in the parlour at Carbury, had tried his hand at converting his host 'I have the er had said; 'but it would not suit ic; if he could not sow the seed he round This had been repeated two or three tireeable But the man was in earnest, and such earnestness coht be bored, he could not be injured by such teaching Then it occurred to him one day that he had known the Bishop of Elmham intimately for a dozen years, and had never heard frole word of religious teaching; whereas this er to him, divided fro to hiiven to , but he felt that the bishop's manner was the pleasanter of the two

Lady Carbury at dinner was all s to her, could think that her heart was sore with many troubles She sat between the bishop and her cousin, and was skilful enough to talk to each without neglecting the other She had known the bishop before, and had on one occasion spoken to hiood man's reply had convinced her of her error, and she never repeated it To Mr Alf she commonly talked of her mind; to Mr Broune, of her heart; to Mr Booker of her body--and its wants She was quite ready to talk of her soul on a proper occasion, but she was much too wise to thrust the subject even on a bishop Now she was full of the charhbourhood 'Yes, indeed,' said the bishop, 'I think Suffolk is a very nice county; and as we are only a mile or two from Norfolk, I'll say as much for Norfolk too "It's an ill bird that fouls its own, nest"'