Vassall Morton.
CHAPTER I.
Remote from towns he ran his godly race.—Goldsmith.
"Macknight on the Epistles,—that's the name of the book?"
"Yes, sir, if you please. I am desirous of consulting it with a view—"
"Well, this way, Mr. Jacobs. Here's the librarian. Mr. Stillingfleet, let me introduce my friend, the Reverend Mr. Jacobs, of West Weathersfield."
"I am proud to make your acquaintance, sir," said Mr. Jacobs, taking the librarian's hand with an air of diffident veneration.
"Mr. Jacobs wishes to consult Mackwright on the Epistles."