I'll speak to the bishop to-morrow, if I can catch him in.
He's got some good influence with the ministry; and, with mine in conjunction, the two of us together ought to manage it, eh, Sally ?" "And how soon do you think, sir,"-- I asked,--"would you be likely to procure it for me?
I've been a long time idle; and, I am, now, anxious, you know, to make up for lost time." Miss Pimpernell's words had thoroughly spurred me up.

I wanted to set to work for Min at once.
"How soon, eh, my boy ?"--said he, kindly.--"You must have some special object to be so anxious for employment! But, you need not be shy, Frank; I can guess it, I think, without your telling me; and, I'm glad of it.

How soon, eh?
Let me consider.

If I see the bishop to-morrow, as I very likely shall, we might arrange to get you a nomination in a fortnight, I think; but, I'm certain, I can promise obtaining it within a month at the outside.

Will that do, Frank ?" "Oh, thank you, sir!"-- I exclaimed, in grateful gladness,--"that is ever so much sooner than I expected! I thought it might take months to get me an appointment! I shall be ready for it, however, when it comes, all the same, dear sir." "You had better get crammed in the meantime, however, my boy," said the vicar, reflectively.
"`Get crammed,' brother!"-- said Miss Pimpernell, aghast at the term, of which she clearly did not understand the slang sense.