"Then, Mr.Slope, there is an end of it." "No, my friend--not so," said he.

"It is to prevent such being the end of it that I am now here.

I may at any rate presume that I have got an answer to my question, and that Mr.Harding is desirous of returning." "Desirous of returning--of course he is," said Eleanor; "of course he wishes to have back his house and his income and his place in the world; to have back what he gave up with such self-denying honesty, if he can have them without restraints on his conduct to which at his age it would be impossible that he should submit.

How can the bishop ask a man of his age to turn schoolmaster to a pack of children ?" "Out of the question," said Mr.Slope, laughing slightly; "of course no such demand shall be made on your father.

I can at any rate promise you that I will not be the medium of any so absurd a requisition.