But we don't appoint a man without inquiry as to his fitness,--and if a man can't do his duty he has to give way to some one who can.

If the sick gentleman took the small portion of the stipend and the working man the larger, would not better justice be done, and the people better served ?" "Mr.Puttock has a freehold in the parish." "A freehold possession of men's souls! The fact is, Mr.Morton, that the spirit of conservatism in this country is so strong that you cannot bear to part with a shred of the barbarism of the middle ages.
And when a rag is sent to the winds you shriek with agony at the disruption, and think that the wound will be mortal." As Mr.Gotobed said this he extended his right hand and laid his left on his breast as though he were addressing the Senate from his own chair.

Morton, who had offered to entertain the gentleman for ten days, sincerely wished that he were doing so.
On the Monday afternoon the Trefoils arrived.

Mr.Morton, with his grandmother and both the carriages, went down to receive them,--with a cart also for the luggage, which was fortunate, as Arabella Trefoil's big box was very big indeed, and Lady Augustus, though she was economical in most things, had brought a comfortable amount of clothes.

Each of them had her own lady's maid, so that the two carriages were necessary.