"Yes, I have seen several."
"Ye don't tell! Well, that was the first one I ever sot me eyes on one. But, say, what was them things he had on his legs?"
"Gaiters, I think they are called."
"H'm, the same as the Bishop wears, eh? But what are they good fer?"
"They are a sign of his position, I suppose. I really know nothing more about the matter than you do."
"But what's the good of archdeacons, anyway? If they're all like the one we saw last night, I wouldn't give much fer the hull bunch."
"They are supposed to help the Bishop, so I understand."
"Help him, eh? Well, I guess that feller didn't help much in settlin' matters in this parish. Why, he made a mess of the hull affair."
"In what way?"
"Why, don't ye remember how riled he got when he was asked questions?
He put his foot in it, too, when he said that a parson would do fer
Rixton who had been kicked out of St. Margaret's in the city."