benchfellows

Updated: May 4, 2025

Mr Thumble liked the idea of being joined with such men as Dr Tempest, and Mr Oriel, and Mr Robarts, and would any day have paid the expense of a gig from Barchester to Silverbridge out of his own pocket, for the sake of sitting with such benchfellows on any clerical inquiry. "One's first duty is to one's own wife and family," said Mr Quiverful.

Anthony Trollope - The Last Chronicle of Barset