"Mr. Guion.—"I wish, Madam, to pay respect to all my parishioners."
Miss Dorothy.—"Out of the pulpit, I presume."
Mr. Guion.—"Yes, Madam, and in it."
Miss Dorothy.—"Surely, Reverend Sir, you are now indulging us with a joke, and I wonder that such a religious clergyman as you are can use such a profane weapon."
Mr. Guion.—"I am not aware, Madam, that I ever behaved disrespectfully towards any of my parishioners, when discharging the public duties of my office. If I have, I sincerely regret it, and you would oblige me if you would let me know in what."
MR. GUION'S FIRST INTERVIEW WITH THE MISSES BROWNJOHN.
Vol. i. page 82.