This, I believe, happens every day in Scotland where, of course, there is great eagerness to remain pure in doctrine." "And what do you define as _pure_ doctrine ?" asked Mr.Fyshe.
"If the trustees are in dispute," said Mr.Skinyer, "the courts decide, but any doctrine is held to be a pure doctrine if _all_ the trustees regard it as a pure doctrine." "I see," said Mr.Fyshe thoughtfully, "it's the same thing as what we called 'permissible policy' on the part of directors in the Tin Pot Combination." "Exactly," assented Mr.Skinyer, "and it means that for the merger we need nothing--I state it very frankly--except general consent." * * * * * The preliminary stages of the making of the merger followed along familiar business lines.

The trustees of St.Asaph's went through the process known as 'approaching' the trustees of St.Osoph's.

First of all, for example, Mr.Lucullus Fyshe invited Mr.Asmodeus Boulder of St.Osoph's to lunch with him at the Mausoleum Club; the cost of the lunch, as is usual in such cases, was charged to the general expense account of the church.

Of course nothing whatever was said during the lunch about the churches or their finances or anything concerning them.
Such discussion would have been a gross business impropriety.

A few days later the two brothers Overend dined with Mr.Furlong senior, the dinner being charged directly to the contingencies account of St.
Asaph's.