And you must be firm.

Is it not true that he has been disgracefully involved in debt ever since he has been there; that you have been pestered by letters from unfortunate tradesmen who cannot get their money from him ?" "That is true, my dear, certainly." "And is that kind of thing to go on?
He cannot come to the palace as all clergymen should do, because he has got no clothes to come in.

I saw him once about the lanes, and I never set my eyes on such an object in my life! I would not believe that the man was a clergyman till John told me.

He is a disgrace to the diocese, and he must be got rid of.

I feel sure of his guilt, and I hope he will be convicted.