The beauty of the place is gone; its attractions have withered.

Alas! a very few years since it was the prettiest spot in Barchester, and now it is a disgrace to the city.
Mr Harding did not go out to Crabtree Parva.

An arrangement was made which respected the homestead of Mr Smith and his happy family, and put Mr Harding into possession of a small living within the walls of the city.

It is the smallest possible parish, containing a part of the Cathedral Close and a few old houses adjoining.

The church is a singular little Gothic building, perched over a gateway, through which the Close is entered, and is approached by a flight of stone steps which leads down under the archway of the gate.