"What I wished was, that you could make me sure _I_ do." "Pardon me, my dear sir, but, judging from sore experience, if I could I would rather make you doubt it; the doubt, even if an utter mistake, would in the end be so much more profitable than any present conviction." "You have your wish, then, Wingfold: I doubt it very much," replied the rector.

"I must go home and think about it all.

You shall hear from me in a day or two." As he spoke Mr.Bevis rose, and stood for a moment like a man greatly urged to stretch his arms and legs.

An air of uneasiness pervaded his whole appearance.
"Will you not stop and take tea with us ?" said the curate.

"My wife will be disappointed if you do not.