James Wheaton,: [(astonished).]
—Declines to come. Why a church mouse would starve on the pittance they pay him at Koniwasset Corners. What's his reason?
Laicus.:
—His letter is a rather singular and striking one, gentlemen.
Perhaps I had better read it.
Which he thereupon proceeds to do, slowly and distinctly, till he reaches the closing paragraphs, which he omits as being of a purely personal character.
James Wheaton.:
—That fellow's got stuff in him and no mistake. By Jove I believe if
I was running this church I would take him on trust.
Solomon Hardcap.:
—I think it a very presumptuous letter. The idea. What does he expect? Does he think we're goin' to take a preacher without ever havin' heard him preach?
Deacon Goodsole.: