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With him was a comrade belonging to the "Lilywhites," the old 82nd, now known as the first battalion of the South Lancs, with whom the H.L.I. have an ancient friendship. The South Lancs have also their antipathies the King's Liverpools among them but that is neither here nor there. "It were just like a coop-tie crowd was the retreat," he drawled in the broad Lancashire dialect.
What an energetic man he is! In a few hours he seemed to have met everyone, and to have learnt everything. My husband says he felt quite rebuked by such a display of vigour! Even in his discomposure, graver than any that had affected him since his talks with Buckland Warricombe, Peak was able to notice that the Rev. Bruno had not made a wholly favourable impression upon the Lilywhites.
This was the best way. From the Lilywhites, other people would hear of him, and perchance their conjectures would be charitable. Without much hesitation he had settled his immediate plans. To London he would not return, for he dreaded the temptations to which the proximity of Sidwell would expose him, and he had no mind to meet with Moxey or Earwaker.
'He has very decided opinions about the present state of our civilisation. 'So I find. But is there any distinctly moral force in him? 'Father thinks so, Sidwell replied, 'and so do our friends the Lilywhites. Miss Moorhouse pondered awhile. 'He is a great problem to me, she declared at length, knitting her brows with a hint of humorous exaggeration.
Bruno Chilvers would be a prominent figure about the streets of Exeter; would be frequently seen at the Warricombes', at the Lilywhites', at the houses of their friends. His sermons at St. Margaret's would doubtless attract, and form a staple topic of conversation.
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