whomwewouldcallawidowlady，therewereplacedinA。B。’shandsthetitle-deedsofafreeholdestate，whichwewouldcallBlinkiterDoddles。Now，thepointwasthis。AlimitedrightoffellingandloppinginthewoodsofBlinkiterDoddles，layinthesonofP。Q。
thenpasthismajority，andwhomwewouldcallX。Y——butreallythiswastoobad!InthepresenceofLordDecimus，todetainthehostwithchoppingourdrychaffoflaw，wasreallytoobad!
Anothertime!Barwastrulyrepentant，andwouldnotsayanothersyllable。WouldBishopfavourhimwithhalf-a-dozenwords？HehadnowsetMrMerdledownonacouch，sidebysidewithLordDecimus，andtoittheymustgo，nowornever。
Andnowtherestofthecompany，highlyexcitedandinterested，alwaysexceptingBishop，whohadnottheslightestideathatanythingwasgoingon，formedinonegrouproundthefireinthenextdrawing-room，andpretendedtobechattingeasilyontheinfinitevarietyofsmalltopics，whileeverybody’sthoughtsandeyesweresecretlystrayingtowardsthesecludedpair。TheChoruswereexcessivelynervous，perhapsaslabouringunderthedreadfulapprehensionthatsomegoodthingwasgoingtobedivertedfromthem!Bishopalonetalkedsteadilyandevenly。HeconversedwiththegreatPhysicianonthatrelaxationofthethroatwithwhichyoungcuratesweretoofrequentlyafflicted，andonthemeansoflesseningthegreatprevalenceofthatdisorderinthechurch。
Physician，asageneralrule，wasofopinionthatthebestwaytoavoiditwastoknowhowtoread，beforeyoumadeaprofessionofreading。Bishopsaiddubiously，didhereallythinkso？AndPhysiciansaid，decidedly，yeshedid。