It is not that he mortifies his flesh, but that he has no flesh to mortify.

He is unconscious of the flavor of venison, or the scent of roses, or the beauty of women.

He is an exceptional specimen of a man, and you need no more fear, than you should venture to hope, that you could become such as he is." At this point they were interrupted by the entrance of Fanny Clavering, who came to say that Mr.Saul was in the drawing room.

"What does he want, Fanny ?" This question Mr.Clavering asked half in a whisper, but with something of comic humor in his face, as though partly afraid that Mr.Saul should hear it, and partly intending to convey a wish that he might escape Mr.
Saul, if it were possible.
"It's about the iron church, papa.

He says it is come--or part of it has, come--and he wants you to go out to Cumberly Green about the site." "I thought that was all settled." "He says not." "What does it matter where it is?
He can put it anywhere he likes on the Green.