Goffin looked shrewdly along the stem of his pipe.
"Have I nose for a fox, sir! Not a few seditious pamphlets have come out of Stonehanger House. I'd have that man in gaol, and his daughter too."
"Nonsense, Goffin. Why, what harm can a girl do?"
"Harm, sir, harm! Have you read your Bible,—or your history?"
"You mean to say that Durrell may be a spy in the French service?"
"I do, sir, I do. And the girl is as bad as her father."
"It's a lie, Goffin, a damned lie."
"Sir, you are the son of your father."
The parson chuckled.
"A hard head, and a soft heart. No offence, Master Jasper. But facts are facts."