You have electrified the county between you; but I am told that she had the best of it." "I was so sorry that Mr.Robarts went there," said Lady Lufton, as she walked into the dining-room leaning on the archdeacon's arm.
"I am inclined to think he could not very well have helped himself," said the archdeacon, who was never willing to lean heavily on a brother parson, unless on one who had utterly and irrevocably gone away from his side of the Church.
"Do you think not, archdeacon ?" "Why, no: Sowerby is a friend of Lufton's--" "Not particularly," said poor Lady Lufton, in a deprecating tone.
"Well, they have been intimate; and Robarts, when he was asked to preach at Chaldicotes, could not well refuse." "But then he went afterwards to Gatherum Castle.

Not that I am vexed with him at all now, you understand.

But it is such a dangerous house, you know." "So it is .-- But the very fact of the duke's wishing to have a clergyman there, should always be taken as a sign of grace, Lady Lufton.

The air was impure, no doubt; but it was less impure with Robarts there than it would have been without him.

But, gracious heavens! what blasphemy have I been saying about impure air?
Why, the bishop was there!" "Yes, the bishop was there," said Lady Lufton, and they both understood each other thoroughly.
Lord Lufton took out Mrs.Grantly to dinner, and matters were so managed that Miss Grantly sat on his other side.