’Youcan’thaveabettermanthanMrMason，upthestreetthere。’
’WinthropproposedBorleysatBarchester。’
’No，no，no。BorleysandBonstockarecapitalpeopletopushafellowthroughonachargeofhorse—stealing，ortosqueezeamanforalittlemoney；buttheyarenotthepeopleforMrCrawleyinsuchacaseasthis。Masonisthebetterman；andthenMasonandIknoweachother。’InsayingwhichMrWalkerwinked。
TherewasthenadiscussionbetweenthemwhetherMrRobartsshouldgoatoncetoMrMason；butitwasdecidedatlastthatheshouldseeMrCrawleyandalsowritetothedeanbeforehisdidso。Thedeanmightwishtoemployhisownlawyer，andifsothedoubleexpenseshouldbeavoided。’Alwaysremember，MrRobarts，thatwhenyougointoanattorney’sofficedoor，youwillhavetopayforit，firstorlast。Inhere，yousee，thedingyoldmahogany，bareasitis，makesyousafe。Orelseit’sthesalt—cellar，whichwillnotallowitselftobepollutedbysix—and—eightpennyconsiderations。Butthereistheotherkindoftaxtobepaid。YoumustgoupandseeMrsWalker，oryouwon’tgetherhelpinthematter。’
MrWalkerreturnedtohiswork，eithertosomeprivatedenwithinhishouse，ortohisoffice，andMrRobartswastakenupstairstothedrawing—room。TherehefoundMrsWalkerandherdaughter，andMissAnnePrettyman，whohadjustlookedin，fullofthestoryofMrCrawley’swalktoBarchester。MrThumblehadseenoneofDrTempest’scurates，andhadtoldthewholestory——he，MrThumble，havingheardMrsProudie’sversionofwhathadoccurred，andhaving，ofcourse，drawnhisowndeductionsfromherpremises。AnditseemedthatMrCrawleyhadbeenwatchedashepassedthroughthecloseoutofBarchester。Aminorcanonhadseenhim，andhaddeclaredthathewasgoingattherateofahunt，swinginghisarmsonhighandspeakingveryloud，though——astheminorcanonsaidwithregret——thewordswerehardlyaudible。Buttherehadbeennodoubtastotheman。MrCrawley’soldhat，andshortrustycloak，anddirtyboots，hadbeendulyobservedandchronicledbytheminorcanon；andMrThumblehadbeenenabledtoputtogetheranotaltogetherfalsepictureofwhathadoccurred。AssoonasthegreetingsbetweenMrRobartsandtheladieshadbeenmade，MissAnnePrettymanbrokeoutagain，justwhereshehadleftoffwhenMrRobartscamein。