onewhowoulddineanddrinkaglassofwinewithhim，talkaboutthearchdeacon，andpokethefire。Thebishopdidnotpositivelynamealltheseduties，buthegaveMrHardingtounderstandthatsuchwouldbethenatureoftheservicerequired。
ItwasnotwithoutmuchdifficultythatMrHardingmadehisfriendseethatthiswouldnotsuithim；thathecouldnotthrowupthebishop’spreferment，andthencomeandhangonatthebishop’stable；thathecouldnotallowpeopletosayofhimthatitwasaneasymattertoabandonhisownincome，ashewasabletospongeonthatofanotherperson。
Hesucceeded，however，inexplainingthattheplanwouldnotdo，andthenthebishopbroughtforwardanotherwhichhehadinhissleeve。He，thebishop，hadinhiswillleftcertainmoneystoMrHarding’stwodaughters，imaginingthatMrHardingwouldhimselfwantnosuchassistanceduringhisownlifetime。Thislegacyamountedtothreethousandpoundseach，dutyfree；andhenowpresseditasagiftonhisfriend。
’Thegirls，youknow，’saidhe，’willhaveitjustthesamewhenyou’regone——andtheywon’twantitsooner——andasfortheinterestduringmylifetime，itisn’tworthtalkingabout。
Ihavemorethanenough。’