Trebell. Well ... we couldn't carry a bill you disapproved of, could we?
Cantelupe. [With finesse.] I hope not.
Trebell. [A little dangerously.] And I have no intention of being made the scapegoat of a wrecked Tory compromise with the Nonconformists.
Cantelupe. [Calmly ignoring the suggestion.] So far as I am concerned I meet the Nonconformists on their own ground ... that Religion had better be free from all compromise with the State.
Trebell. Quite so ... if you're set free you'll look after yourselves. My discovery must be what to do with the men who think more of the state than their Church ... the majority of parsons, don't you think? ... if the question's really put and they can be made to understand it.
Cantelupe. [With sincere disdain.] There are more profitable professions.
Trebell. And less. Will you allow me that it is statecraft to make a profession profitable?
Cantelupe picks up his papers, avoiding theoretical discussion.
Cantelupe. Well now ... will you explain to me this project for endowing Education with your surplus?
Trebell. Putting Appropriation, the Buildings and the Representation question on one side for the moment?