Barchester tower," said Mr. Sowerby. "See what it
is to have a summons from a great man, Mr. Prebendary." He turned
round and extended his hand mechanically to Mr. Sowerby, and as he
looked at him he thought he had never before seen him so pleasant in
appearance, so free from care, and so joyous in demeanour.

"You have heard from Lord Lufton," said Mark, in a voice that was
certainly very lugubrious.

"Heard from him! oh, yes, of course I have heard from him. I'll tell
you what it is, Mark," and he now spoke almost in a whisper as they
walked together along the Albany passage, "Lufton is a child in money
matters--a perfect child. The dearest, finest fellow in the world,
you know; but a very baby in money matters." And then they entered
his lordship's rooms. Lord Lufton's countenance also was lugubrious
enough, but this did not in the least abash Sowerby, who walked
quickly up to the young lord with his gait perfectly self-possessed
and his face radiant with satisfaction.

"Well, Lufton, how are you?" said he. "It seems that my worthy friend
Tozer has been giving you some trouble?" Then Lord Lufton with a
face by no means radiant with satisfaction again began the story of
Tozer's fraudulent demand upon him. Sowerby did not interrupt him,
but listened patiently to the end;--quite patiently, although Lord
Lufton, as he made himself more and more angry by the history of his
own wrongs, did not hesitate to pronounce certain threats against Mr.
Sowerby, as he had pronounced them before against Mark Robarts. He
would not, he said, pay a shilling, except through his lawyer; and
he would instruct his lawyer, that before he paid anything, the
whole matter should be exposed openly in court. He did not care, he
said, what might be the effect on himself or any one else. He was
determined that the whole case should go to a jury. "To grand jury,
and special jury, and common jury, and Old Jewry, if you like," said
Sowerby. "The truth is, Lufton, you lost some money, and as there was
some delay in paying it, you have been harassed."

"I have paid more than I lost three times over," said Lord Lufton,
stamping his foot.

"I will not go into that question now. It was settled, as I thought,
some time ago by persons to whom you yourself referred it. But will
you tell me this: Why on earth should Robarts be troubled in this
matter? What has he done?"

"Well, I don't know. He arranged the matter with you."

"No such thing. He was kin