Both the churchwardens are----; there, I won't say what they are; and the clerk and the sexton as well.' 'How very strange!' said Stephen.
'Strange?
My dear sir, that's nothing to how it is in the parish of Sinnerton.

However, as to our own parish, I hope we shall make some progress soon.' 'You must trust to circumstances.' 'There are no circumstances to trust to.

We may as well trust in Providence if we trust at all.

But here we are.

A wild place, isn't it?
But I like it on such days as these.' The churchyard was entered on this side by a stone stile, over which having clambered, you remained still on the wild hill, the within not being so divided from the without as to obliterate the sense of open freedom.