That individual protested loudly on the ground that the coat was so old-fashioned that it would be better to make a new suit.

Peter told him that he wore evening dress too rarely to make a new suit worth the having, and the tailor yielded rather than lose the job.

Scarcely had it been put in order, when Peter was asked to dine at his clergyman's, and the next day came another invitation, to dine with Justice Gallagher.

Peter began to wonder if he had decided wisely in vamping the old suit.
He had one of the pleasantest evenings of his life at Dr.Purple's.

It was a dinner of ten, and Peter was conscious that a real compliment had been paid him in being included, for the rest of the men were not merely older than himself, but they were the "strong" men of the church.