"Mrs.
Hungerford came all the way over from Norwich to beg for the infirmary there, and he gave her nothing." "What was his excuse ?" Hamel asked.
"I think he told her that it was against his principles to give to hospitals," Lady Saxthorpe replied.

"He thinks that they should be supported out of the rates." "Some people have queer ideas of charity," Hamel remarked.

"Now I am afraid that if I had been Mr.Fentolin, I would have given the thousand pounds willingly to a hospital, but not a penny to a mission." Mr.Fentolin looked suddenly down the table.

He was some distance away, but his hearing was wonderful.
"Ah, my dear Hamel," he said, "believe me, missions are very wonderful things.

It is only from a very careful study of their results that I have brought myself to be a considerable supporter of those where I have some personal knowledge of the organisation.