"I should be delighted," said Mr. Surtees.
"Nothing would give me more pleasure," said the Senator; "but what
I mean is this;--the question is, of course, one of paramount
importance."
"No doubt it is," said the deluded rector.
"It is very necessary to get good doctors."
"Well, yes, rather;--considering that all men wish to live." That
observation, of course, came from Doctor Nupper.
"And care is taken in employing a lawyer,--though, after my
experience of yesterday, not always, I should say, so much care as
is needful. The man who wants such aid looks about him and gets the
best doctor he can for his money, or the best lawyer. But here in
England he must take the clergyman provided for him."
"It would be very much better for him if he did," said the rector.
"A clergyman at any rate is supposed to be appointed; and that
clergyman he must pay."
"Not at all," said the rector. "The clergy are paid by the wise
provision of former ages."
"We will let that pass for the present," said the Senator. "There
he is, however he may be paid. How does he get there?" Now it was
the fact that Mr. Mainwaring's living had been bought for him with
his wife's money,--a fact of which Mr. Gotobed was not aware, but
which he would hardly have regarded had he known it. "How does he
get there?"
"In the majority of cases the bishop puts him there," said Mr.
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