She was quite ready to talk of her soul on a proper occasion, but she was much too wise to thrust the subject even on a bishop.

Now she was full of the charms of Carbury and its neighbourhood.

'Yes, indeed,' said the bishop, 'I think Suffolk is a very nice county; and as we are only a mile or two from Norfolk, I'll say as much for Norfolk too.

"It's an ill bird that fouls its own, nest."'.
'I like a county in which there is something left of county feeling,' said Lady Carbury.

'Staffordshire and Warwickshire, Cheshire and Lancashire have become great towns, and have lost all local distinctions.' 'We still keep our name and reputation,' said the bishop; 'silly Suffolk!' 'But that was never deserved.' 'As much, perhaps, as other general epithets.