He came to the great house last night, and he ordered his horse for ten o'clock this morning, and asked the nearest way through the fields to the parsonage." Darden whistled, and put down his drink untasted.
"Enter the most powerful gentleman of my vestry!" he exclaimed.

"He'll be that in a month's time.

A member of the Council, too, no doubt, and with the Governor's ear.

He's a scholar and fine gentleman.

Deborah, clear away this trash.