“I’m so sorry! Robert is so far ahead of the times. Did Mr. Westgate oppose him?”
“Yes; Mr. Westgate and Mr. Hughes, and Mr. Claybank——”
“And Judge Bosworth?”
“Yes, Judge Bosworth, and—oh, all of the best men in the vestry. Isn’t it too bad!”
“It’s pitiful!” She sighed again, and her face grew a little paler and more anxious. “I hope there were no harsh words used, Miss Chichester. I couldn’t stand it to have any one speak harshly to Mr. Farrar.”
“Why, yes, I believe some very harsh words were used—not by your husband, my dear; he’s a gentleman. But they—now really, I mustn’t tell you this.”
“But I want to know. No matter how dreadful it is.”
“Well, they demanded Mr. Farrar’s resignation as rector.”
“Miss Chichester!”
“Yes, and then withdrew the demand. And then Mr. Emberly and Mr. Hazzard got very angry and said some dreadful things, and—— Oh, Mrs. Farrar, really I must not tell you any more.”