He has not been complaining, I trust ?" "Not to my knowledge." "Ah!" Endymion looked as if Mr.Milliton had better not.

"I take, you must know, a somewhat broad view on such matters--may I, without offence, term it a liberal one?
As a matter of fact I intend going yet farther in the direction and granting permission for a small reunion on Sunday evenings at 'The Dogs,' when selections of purely sacred music will be performed.

I shall, of course, deprecate the name 'concert '; and even 'performance' may seem to carry with it some--ah-- suggestions of a theatrical nature.

But, as Shakespeare says, 'What's in a name ?' Perhaps you can suggest a more suitable one ?" "A broad-minded fellow," was the general verdict; and some admirers added that ideas which in weaker men might seem to lean towards free thought, and even towards Jacobinism, became Mr.Westcote handsomely enough.

He knew how to carry them off, to wear them lightly as flourishes and ornaments of his robust common sense, and might be trusted not to go too far.