Yes, he reads well, which I own I care for that a good deal more than for the preaching; not that I have anything to say against that.

He gives sound and practical sermons, and they have the advantage of being short, which is a great thing.

In the first place, it is good in itself, and in the second, specially important in a village congregation, where you know very well every woman present is fidgeting to get home to see that the pot is not boiling over, and the meat in the oven is not burnt.

Yes, I will go down tomorrow afternoon and ask him if he would like the living.

You were talking of selling the furniture; how much do you suppose it is worth ?" "I don't suppose it will fetch above seventy or eighty pounds; it is solid and good, but as I have had it in use nearly forty years, it would not go for much." "Well, let us say a hundred pounds," the Squire said.