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'The Roman population still believed,' said Carbury, 'when the patricians had learned to regard their gods as sibears'

'The patricians had not ostensibly abandoned their religion The people clung to it thinking that theirto it also'

'The poor have ever been the salt of the earth, s the whole question,' said the bishop, turning to his host, and, beginning to talk about a breed of pigs which had lately been imported into the palace sties Father Barhauan another It was a mistake to suppose that the Catholics in the county were all poor There were the A s and the B s, and the C s and the D s He knew all their names and was proud of their fidelity To him these faithful ones were really the salt of the earth, ould soland to her pristine condition The bishop had truly said that of hbours he did not knohat Church they belonged; but Father Barhah he had not as yet been twelve months in the county, knew the name of nearly every Roman Catholic within its borders

'Your priest is a very zealous er Carbury, 'and I do not doubt but that he is an excellent gentleman; but he is perhaps a little indiscreet'

'I like hihts; without any reference to his oorldly welfare'

'That is all very grand, and I a to respect him But I do not know that I should care to talk very freely in his co'

'Perhaps not; but he would always be thinking that he was going to get the best of me'

'I don't think it answers,' said Mrs Yeld to her husband as they went home 'Of course I don't want to be prejudiced; but Protestants are Protestants, and Roman Catholics are Roman Catholics'

'You may say the same of Liberals and Conservatives, but you wouldn't have them decline to meet each other'

'It isn't quite the saht to be,' said the bishop

'Of course I don't ainst you, ain'