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She was only waiting for the Bishop's acceptance to send you an invitation; but we hear now," he said in a dubitative and tentative way "we hear now that it is possible that the Bishop may be lunching with you." There was a twitch about the corners of Canon Parkyn's mouth.
Then the boy began, "Canon Parkyn's compliments," but broke off; for the organist greeted him with a sound cuff and a "How many times have I told you, sir, not to come creeping up those stairs when I am in the middle of a voluntary? You startle me out of my senses, coming round the corner like a ghost." "I'm very sorry, sir," the boy said, whimpering. "I'm sure I never meant I never thought "
"Canon Parkyn's compliments to you, sir, and he would be glad to have a word with you in the clergy-vestry." "All in good time. Tell him I'll be down as soon as I've put my books away." Mr Sharnall did not hurry.
Custance, the grocer; Rose and Storey, the drapers, who occupied the fronts of no less than three houses, and had besides a "department" round the corner "exclusively devoted to tailoring"; Lucy, the bookseller, who printed the Cullerne Examiner, and had published several of Canon Parkyn's sermons, as well as a tractate by Dr Ennefer on the means adopted in Cullerne for the suppression of cholera during the recent outbreak; Calvin, the saddler; Miss Adcutt, of the toy-shop; and Prior, the chemist, who was also postmaster.
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