to remain in the
parish. Good morning, Dr. Tempest." Dr. Tempest, finding that he could
not prevail with him, bade him adieu, feeling that any service to the
Crawleys within in his power might be best done by intercession with
the bishop and with the dean.

Then Mr. Crawley walked back to Hogglestock, repeating to himself
Giles Hoggett's words, "It's dogged as does it."

CHAPTER LXII

Mr. Crawley's Letter to the Dean

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Mr. Crawley, when he got home after his walk to Silverbridge, denied
that he was at all tired. "The man at Silverbridge whom I went to
see administered refreshment to me;--nay, he administered it with
salutary violence," he said, affecting even to laugh. "And I am
bound to speak well of him on behalf of mercies over and beyond that
exhibited by the persistent tender of some wine. That I should find
him judicious I had expected. What little I have known of him taught
me so to think of him. But I found with him also a softness of heart
for which I had not looked."

"And you will not give up the living, Josiah?"

"Most certainly I will. A duty, when it is clear before a man, should
never be made less so by any tenderness in others." He was still
thinking of Giles Hoggett. "It's dogged as does it." The poor woman
could not answer him. She knew well that it was vain to argue with
him. She could only hope that in the event of his being acquitted
at the trial, the dean, whose friendship she did not doubt, might
re-endow him with the small benefice which was their only source of
bread.

On the following morning there came by post a short note from Dr
Tempest. "My dear Mr. Crawley," the note ran,

I implore you, if there be yet time, to do nothing rashly.
And even although you should have written to the bishop or
to the dean, your letters need have no effect, if you will
allow me to make them inoperative. Permit me to say that I
am a man much older than you, and one who has mixed much
both with clergymen and with the world at large. I tell
you with absolute confidence, that it is not your duty in
your present position to give up your living. Should your
conduct ever be called in question on this matter you will
be at perfect liberty to say that you were guided by my
advice. You should take no step till after the trial.
Then, if the verdict be against you, you should submit to
the bishop's judgment. If the verdict be in your favour,
t