’Oh，asfortheChurchofEngland，’saidMr。Platitude，’Ihavelittletosay。ThankGod，IleftallmyChurchofEnglandprejudicesinItaly。HadtheChurchofEnglandknownitstrueinterests，itwouldlongagohavesoughtareconciliationwithitsillustriousmother。IftheChurchofEnglandhadnotbeeninsomedegreeaschismaticchurch，itwouldnothavefaredsoillatthetimeofwhichyouarespeaking；therestoftheChurchwouldhavecometoitsassistance。TheIrishwouldhavehelpedit，sowouldtheFrench，sowouldthePortuguese。DisunionhasalwaysbeenthebaneoftheChurch。’
OncemoreIfellintoareverie。Mymindnowrevertedtothepast；
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wasseatedononesideofafireplace，closebyatableonwhichwerewineandfruit；ontheothersideofthefiresatamaninaplainsuitofbrown，withthehaircombedbackfromhissomewhathighforehead；hehadapipeinhismouth，whichforsometimehesmokedgravelyandplacidly，withoutsayingaword；atlength，afterdrawingatthepipeforsometimerathervigorously，heremoveditfromhismouth，and，emittinganaccumulatedcloudofsmoke，heexclaimedinaslowandmeasuredtone，’AsIwastellingyoujustnow，mygoodchap，Ihavealwaysbeenanenemytohumbug。’
WhenIawokefrommyreverietheReverendMr。Platitudewasquittingtheapartment。