The New Rector
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Weyman Stanley John. The New Rector
CHAPTER I "LE ROI EST MORT!"
CHAPTER II "VIVE LE ROI!"
CHAPTER III. AN AWKWARD MEETING
CHAPTER IV. BIRDS IN THE WILDERNESS
CHAPTER V "REGINALD LINDO, 1850."
CHAPTER VI. THE BONAMYS AT HOME
CHAPTER VII. THE HAMMONDS' DINNER PARTY
CHAPTER VIII. TWO SURPRISES
CHAPTER IX. TOWN TALK
CHAPTER X. OUT WITH THE SHEEP
CHAPTER XI. THE DOCTOR SPEAKS
CHAPTER XII. THE RECTOR IS UNGRATEFUL
CHAPTER XIII. LAURA'S PROVISO
CHAPTER XIV. THE LETTERS IN THE CUPBOARD
CHAPTER XV. THE BAZAAR
CHAPTER XVI "LORD DYNMORE IS HERE."
CHAPTER XVII. THE LAWYER AT HOME
CHAPTER XVIII. A FRIEND IN NEED
CHAPTER XIX. THE DAY AFTER
CHAPTER XX. A SUDDEN CALL
CHAPTER XXI. IN PROFUNDIS
CHAPTER XXII. THE RECTOR'S DECISION
CHAPTER XXIII. THE CURATE HEARS THE NEWS
CHAPTER XXIV. THE CUP AT THE LIP
CHAPTER XXV. HUMBLE PIE
CHAPTER XXVI. LOOSE ENDS
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It was at the beginning of the second week in October that Mr. Williams died; and, the weather in those parts being peculiarly fine and bright for the time of year, men stood about in the churchyard with bare heads, and caught no colds. And it continued so for some days after the funeral. But not everywhere. Upon a morning, some three perhaps after the ceremony at Claversham, a young gentleman sat down to his breakfast, only a hundred and fifty miles away, under such different conditions-a bitter east wind, a dense fog, and a general murkiness of atmosphere-that one might have supposed his not over-plentiful meal to be laid in another planet.
The air in the room-a meagrely furnished, much littered room, was yellow and choking, and the candles burned dimly in the midst of yellow halos. The fire seemed to be smouldering, and the owner of the room had to pay some attention to it before he sat down and found a letter lying beside his plate. He glanced at it doubtfully. "I do not know the handwriting," he muttered, "and it is not a subscription, for they never come in an east wind. I am afraid it is a bill."
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"Yes, and I think he is one of your church wardens. His name is Bonamy, and he is a solicitor. His London agent is my only client," Jack said jerkily.
"And he is one of the church wardens! Well, that is strange-and jolly!"
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