“Now, what do you mean by that?”
“He will repay study, my dear.”
Mrs. Haldane looked sharply into her husband’s face, but was dissatisfied with her scrutiny.
“You don’t like him?”
“I have no reason yet to like or dislike him. In a general way, I should prefer to say that I do like him.”
“But what do you mean by your remark that he will repay study?”
“Perhaps you will not understand me,” he answered thoughtfully. “Your vicar has a soul, Nell.”
“So have we all, I suppose.”
“At least he believes he has one,” said Mr. Haldane, with a slight shrug of his shoulders.
“Well!”