I won't shirk my duty for any of that." "Nothing would ever make you shirk your duty, Joshua.

And I hope that you know me too well to suppose that I ever would dream of suggesting it.

But I do want to see you a Canon, and I know that he begins to have influence in the Church, and therefore the Church is not at all the place to allude to his private affairs in.

And, after all, what do we know about them?
It does seem so low to be led away by gossip." "Maria," said the Rector, severely sorry, "I must beg you to leave me to my conscience.

I shall not refer to his private affairs.