He was very kind to me.' 'Is he clever ?' 'Very.

I think he has very fine talents, and is likely to shine at the bar if he continues in his resolution to go to it.

I have just had an invitation to spend a few days with him, but do not think I shall have time before I go to be ordained.' 'Has your aunt settled the curacy ?' asked Freda, with a wicked laugh in the corner of her eye.
'I think and hope so,' replied Rowland, answering the visible smile by a blush; 'she has done her utmost to obtain it for me.' 'Ah! she was well connected, and has some interest, and a--a great deal of energy, and all that sort of thing; I should think she was a clever, or I mean a--an enterprising woman.' Mr Gwynne hesitated as he said this, not admiring the lady in question, yet thinking it incumbent upon him to pay her a compliment.

His daughter glanced inquiringly at Rowland, as if wondering what he could say to so dubious a speech.

He appeared equally at a loss, and, as he turned from Mr Gwynne for a moment, caught Miss Gwynne's mirthful eye.