We book Stephen Tew, Esquire.' 'But surely you mustn't call him Esquire ?' suggested Adela.
'Oh, he is yet unregenerate; let him keep his baubles.' 'How are the regenerate designated ?' 'Comrade, we prefer.' 'Also applied to women ?' 'Well, I suppose not.

As the word hasn't a feminine, call yourselves plain Letty Tew and Adela Waltham, without meaningless prefix.' 'What nonsense you are talking, Alfred!' remarked his mother.

'As if everybody in Wanley could address young ladies by their Christian names!' In this way did Alfred begin the 'propaganda' at home.

Already the village was much occupied with the vague new doctrines represented by the name of Richard Mutimer; the parlour of the Wheatsheaf was loud of evenings with extraordinary debate, and gossips of a higher station had at length found a topic which promised to be inexhaustible.

Of course the vicar was eagerly sounded as to his views.