I must call upon my superintendent.

You remember I made an application to him for another mission field." He found Colonel Sidleigh courteously willing to accept his application, the answer to which, he was informed, he might expect in a fortnight; and so went with a comparatively light heart to his interview with his superintendent.
The interview, however, turned out not entirely as he had expected.

He went with an idea of surrendering his appointment.

His superintendent made him an offer of another and greater.
"So they turned you down," said the superintendent.

"Well, I consider it most providential.