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There was always a little doubt as to ould serve the church One of the Canons was the incumbent, and the curate was Mr Arden, the scientific minor canon, but when his services were required at the cathedral, one of his colleagues would supply his place, usually in a sadly perfunctory manner However, he was there in person, as his voice, a clear and pleasant one, showed the denizens of the "closet," for they could not see out of it, except where Eugene had furtively enlarged aon the seat, he could enjoy an oblique view of the back of an iron- This was a comfort to him It would have been more satisfactory to have been able to make out whence came the stentorian A-men, that responded to the parson, totally unaccoood Major, who always read his part alreat octavo prayer-book, bearing on the lid the Delavie arms with coronet, supporters, and ht unladylike, if not unscriptural, to open the lips in church; yet, for all her silence, good Betty was striving to be devout and attentive, praying earnestly for her little sister's safety, and hailing as a kind of hopeful augury this verse froers-"At home, abroad, in peace, in war Thy God shall thee defend, Conduct thee through life's pilgrie Safe to the journey's end"

Much cannot be said for the five voices that sang, nor for the two fiddles that accorown his terror at the strains, and still required Aurelia to hold his hand, under pretext of helping hi, since the last lines were always repeated three or four tiht thely in her ears, all through the sermon, of which she took in so little that she never found out that it was an elaborate exposition of the Newtonian philosophy, including Mr Arden's views of the miracle at the battle Beth-horon, in the Lesson for the day

The red face and Belamour livery looked doubly oive her arm to her father till they were overtaken by Mr Arden, who always shared the Sunday roast beef and plu Betty feared it was the best s, and his landlady was not too careful of his comforts, while he rapped up in his books and experiohich Eugene pointed out with great awe to Aurelia as they walked behind him