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Excerpt: ... Mark Anthony has nothing but a fat, poverty-stricken, slothful mission priest," Father Rowley gurgled. "Yes, and youre more trouble than all the rest put together. Look here, Ive written to the Bishops chaplain about that confirmation; I explained why we wanted to hold a special confirmation for these two boys we are emigrating, and he has written back to say that the Bishop has no objection to a special confirmations being held by the Bishop of Matabeleland when he comes to stay here next week. At the same time, he says the Bishop doesnt want it to become a precedent." "No. I can quite understand that," Father Rowley chuckled. "Bishops are haunted by the creation of precedents. A precedent in the life of a bishop is like an illegitimate child in the life of a respectable churchwarden. No, the only thing I fear is that if I devour all your spare time you wont get quite what you wanted to get by coming to live with us." He laid a fat hand on Marks shoulder. "Please dont bother about me," said Mark. "I get all I want and more than I expected if I can be of the least use to you. I know Im rather disappointing you by not behaving like half the people who come down here and want to get up a concert on Monday, a dance on Tuesday, a conjuring entertainment on Wednesday, a street procession on Thursday, a day of intercession on Friday, and an amateur dramatic entertainment on Saturday, not to mention acting as ceremonarius on Sunday. I know youd like me to propose all sorts of energetic diversions, so that you could have the pleasure of assuring me that I was only proposing them to gratify my own vanity, which of course would be perfectly true. Luckily Im of a retiring disposition, and I dont want to do anything to help the ten thousand benighted parishioners of Saint Agnes, except indirectly by striving to help in my own feeble way the man who really is helping them. Now dont throw that inkpot at me, because the rooms quite dirty enough...
| ISBN-13 | 9781153691598 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1153691590 |
| Weight | 0.73 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.51 In |
| List Price | $21.24 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 222 pages |
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| Published On | 2010-03-01 |
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