Catherine, notwithstanding her own excitement, found genuine pleasure in the bewildered enthusiasm with which the Bishop received her astounding news.

She found him alone in the great, gloomy house which he usually inhabited when in London, at work in a dreary library to which she was admitted after a few minutes' delay.

Naturally, he received her tidings at first almost with incredulity.

A heartfelt joy, however, followed upon conviction.
"I always liked Julian," he declared.

"I always believed that he had capacity.