Reason, Parsons, don't rail;
You will hinder, not help, her defence so.
But confute the man's sums;
You may then snap your thumbs
And make faces at Bishop Colenso.
Much neater and better, however, is the summary of the correspondence between the Bishop and the Archbishop of Canterbury given three weeks later:—
THE NATAL CORRESPONDENCE
I
My dear Colenso,
With regret,
We hierarchs, in conclave met,