shonesty. I won't have anything to do----"

"The Major's right," said Father McCormack, "there's no denying it, the
Major's right."

"He would be right," said Dr. O'Grady, "he'd be perfectly right if there
were any dishonesty about the matter. I hope it isn't necessary for me
to say that if I thought the plan a dishonest one I'd be the last man in
Ireland to propose it."

"Of course, of course," said Father McCormack.

"The doctor wouldn't do the like," said Doyle.

"Sure we all know that," said Father McCormack, "but the objection that
the Major has raised----"

"It's all very well talking," said the Major. "But talking won't alter
facts. It is dishonest to get a grant of money for one purpose and use
it for something totally different."

"I'm not quite sure," said Dr. O'Grady, "whether you quite understand
the philosophy of modern charity, Major."

"I understand the ten commandments," said the Major, "and that's enough
for me."

"Nobody's saying a word against the ten commandments," said Dr. O'Grady.

"You're going to do something against one of them," said the Major, "and
that's worse. If you merely said things against them I shouldn't mind.
We all know that you'd say anything."

"You're begging the question, Major, you really are. Now listen to me.
What's the ordinary recognised way of raising large sums of money for
charitable objects? Some kind of bazaar, isn't it?"

"It is," said Father McCormack. "There's hardly ever a winter but
there's one or two of them up in Dublin for hospitals or the like."

"Very well," said Dr. O'Grady. "What happens when a bazaar is held?"

"It doesn't matter to us what happens," said the Major. "We're not
holding one."

"Let the doctor speak," said Doyle.

"What happens is this," said Dr. O'Grady. "A large sum of money, very
often an enormous sum, is spent on getting up switch-back railways,
and Alpine panoramas, and underground rivers, and old English villages.
Those things are absolutely necessary to the success of the show. They
cost thousands of pounds sometimes. Now, who pays for them? The charity
pays, and is jolly glad to. The price of them is deducted from the
gross receipts and the balance is handed over to the hospital. Is there
anything dishonest about that?"

"There is not, of course," said Father McCormack. "It's always done."

"Wouldn't a bishop do it? A bishop of any church?"

"Lots of them do," said Father McCormack.

"Well, if a bishop would do