CHAPTER XIV.
Mr.Crawley of Hogglestock And then there was that other trouble in Lady Lufton's mind, the sins, namely, of her selected parson.

She had selected him, and she was by no means inclined to give him up, even though his sins against parsondom were grievous.

Indeed she was a woman not prone to give up anything, and of all things not prone to give up a protege.

The very fact that she herself had selected him was the strongest argument in his favour.

But his sins against parsondom were becoming very grievous in her eyes, and she was at a loss to know what steps to take.