ce, if I marry any one, the man must be quite indifferent
to money."

"Then you'll not find him in this world, my dear."

"Very possibly not," said Miss Dunstable. All that was further said
upon the subject need not be here repeated. Mrs. Harold Smith did not
give up her cause quite at once, although Miss Dunstable had spoken
so plainly. She tried to explain how eligible would be her friend's
situation as mistress of Chaldicotes, when Chaldicotes should owe
no penny to any man; and went so far as to hint that the master of
Chaldicotes, if relieved of his embarrassments and known as a rich
man, might in all probability be found worthy of a peerage when
the gods should return to Olympus. Mr. Harold Smith, as a Cabinet
minister, would, of course, do his best. But it was all of no use.
"It's not my destiny," said Miss Dunstable, "and therefore do not
press it any longer."

"But we shall not quarrel," said Mrs. Harold Smith, almost tenderly.

"Oh, no--why should we quarrel?"

"And you won't look glum at my brother?"

"Why should I look glum at him? But, Mrs. Smith, I'll do more than
not looking glum at him. I do like you, and I do like your brother,
and if I can in any moderate way assist him in his difficulties, let
him tell me so." Soon after this, Mrs. Harold Smith went her way.
Of course, she declared in a very strong manner that her brother
could not think of accepting from Miss Dunstable any such pecuniary
assistance as that offered--and, to give her her due, such was the
feeling of her mind at the moment; but as she went to meet her
brother and gave him an account of this interview, it did occur to
her that possibly Miss Dunstable might be a better creditor than the
Duke of Omnium for the Chaldicotes property.

CHAPTER XXV

Non-Impulsive

It cannot be held as astonishing, that that last decision on the
part of the giants in the matter of the two bishoprics should
have disgusted Archdeacon Grantly. He was a politician, but not a
politician as they were. As is the case with all exoteric men, his
political eyes saw a short way only, and his political aspirations
were as limited. When his friends came into office, that bishop bill,
which as the original product of his enemies had been regarded by
him as being so pernicious--for was it not about to be made law in
order that other Proudies and such like might be hoisted up into
high places and large incomes, to the terrible detriment of the
Church?--tha