"No!"
"But he was. I saw him jump the brook just before I fell into it. What will Mr. Groschut say?"
"I don't think papa cares much what Mr. Groschut says."
"And the Bishop?"
"I'm not sure that he cares very much for the Bishop either. But I am quite sure that he would not do anything that he thought to be wrong."
"A Dean never does, I suppose."
"My papa never does."
"Nor Lord George, I dare say," said Mrs. Houghton.
"I don't say anything about Lord George. I haven't known him quite so long."
"If you won't speak up for him, I will. I'm quite sure Lord George Germain never in his life did anything that he ought not to