Fifteen minutes later his Lordship was at her side.
"There's one more plant left," remarked Mrs. Mackintosh, cleaning her trowel and addressing herself to the task.
"And are you going to say Yes when you have finished?"
"Yes," said the lady, "I am, but it's mostly on account of Jonah."
The Bishop ruthlessly set his foot on the tender shoot which intervened between him and happiness, crushing it to the earth.
Some time later Mrs. Mackintosh remarked:
"The cathedral clock is striking twelve, and you're due in the study."
"You mean, my dear, that we are due," replied his Lordship.
On their arrival in the Bishop's sanctum, they found the full force of the company assembled to receive them.