He felt that if he intended to disapprove, it must be now or never; but he also felt that it could not be now.

It was not in him to say to the wife of his bosom that Mr.Slope's sermon was ill-timed, impertinent, and vexatious.
"No, no," replied the bishop.

"No, I can't say I disapprove--a very clever sermon and very well intended, and I dare say will do a great deal of good." This last praise was added, seeing that what he had already said by no means satisfied Mrs.Proudie.
"I hope it will," said she.

"And I am sure it was well deserved.
Did you ever in your life, bishop, hear anything so like play-acting as the way in which Mr.Harding sings the litany?
I shall beg Mr.
Slope to continue a course of sermons on the subject till all that is altered.

We will have at any rate, in our cathedral, a decent, godly, modest morning service.