'To be seure she does; and a better lady never lived. If you're a friend of Miss Hall's, you're as welcome to our house as if you were born and bred at Glanyravon.'
'You are very kind. It does one good to meet with true Welsh hospitality once more.'
'You're not Welsh, sir, I should say?'
'I was Welsh originally; but it would be difficult to make out my parish, as I have been wandering about for many years.'
'A clergyman, sir?'
'Yes, sir.'
The gentleman smiled, and thought the question savoured of American curiosity.
'I have a son a clergyman. Perhaps you may have fallen in with him. They tell me he's a very promising young man.'
'What is his name?'
'Prothero, sir—Rowland Prothero.'