'I have spoken to Mrs.Barton about you, and she has very nice rooms vacant.

I wanted them for Tudor, until I mooted the vicarage plan.

It is a tidy little place, Ursula, and I think you will be very comfortable there.' I felt that Uncle Max deserved praise, and I gave it to him without stint or limit; he took it nobly, like a man who feels he has earned his reward.
'I fancy I have done a neat thing,' he said modestly.
'Directly I read your letter and saw that you were in earnest, I went down to Mrs.Barton and had a long talk with her.

Do you remember the White Cottage, Ursula, that stands just where the road dips a little, after you have passed the vicarage?
It is on the main road that leads to the common: there is a field, and one or two houses, and on the right the road branches off to Main Street, where my poorer parishioners live.

Oh, I see that you have forgotten.