PART II.
ENGLAND.
CHAPTER I.
IN WHICH MRS. MACKINTOSH ADMIRES JONAH.
"I think, Matilda, that you must have neglected to put any sugar in my tea," said the Bishop of Blanford, pushing his cup towards his sister, after tasting the first mouthful.
"You're quite right, Josephus, I did," she replied.
"And," continued his Lordship, who, being near-sighted, was poking about, after the manner of a mole, in the three-storied brass bird-cage which held the more substantial portion of the repast, "there doesn't seem to be any cake."
"You forget," said Miss Matilda sternly, "that it's an ember-day."