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Updated: June 25, 2025
'No, sir, to save the bishop from Mr Cargrim. 'Then you do not believe that the bishop is guilty. 'Sir, said Baltic, with dignity, 'in London and in Beorminster I have collected certain evidence which, on the face of it, incriminates the bishop.
In former times it had been surrounded by aguish marshes which had rendered the town unhealthy, but now that modern enterprise had drained the fenlands, Beorminster was as salubrious a town as could be found in England.
Luckily for all things, his faith in Brace's good sense was strong enough to deter him from so rash and headlong a course; therefore, at home and abroad, he assumed a gaiety he did not feel. So here in the episcopalian palace of Beorminster were three people, each one masking his real feelings in intercourse with the others.
I am glad to have met you; original people always attract me, and with a handshake and a kindly nod the little doctor bustled off. So, in his turn, Baltic departed from Beorminster, and lost himself in the roaring tides of London.
The stately reception-rooms thrown open on this night to what the Beorminster Weekly Chronicle, strong in foreign tongues, tautologically called 'the élite and crême de la crême of the diocese' were brilliantly illuminated by electric lamps and furnished magnificently throughout, in keeping with their palatial appearance.
Dr Pendle sighed as he thought of the many dull sermons he had been compelled to endure, and wondered why the majority of his educated clergy should fall so far behind the untaught, unconsecrated, rough-mannered missionary. From the time of that lecture, Ben Baltic, for all his lowly birth and uncouth ways, became the lion of Beorminster.
'George has said nothing to me on the subject, replied Dr Pendle, in a vexed tone. 'Yet he should certainly have done so before speaking to your niece. 'No doubt! but unfortunately young men's heads do not always guide their hearts. Still, Captain Pendle promised me to tell you all during his present visit to Beorminster.
'I should think so; he finishes a bottle of brandy every day. 'Oh, Miss Mosk, how very dreadful! cried Miss Whichello, quite in the style of Daisy Norsham. 'Why is he staying in Beorminster? 'I don't know, but it's for no good, you may be sure. If he isn't here he's hob-nobbing with those gipsy wretches who have a camp on Southberry Common. Mother Jael and he are always together.
And high above all lorded the stately cathedral, with its trio of mighty towers, whence, morning and evening, melodious bells pealed through the peaceful lands. Beyond the walls the modern town was made up of broad streets and handsome shops. On its outskirts appeared comfortable villas and stately manors, gardens and woody parks, in which dwelt the aristocracy of Beorminster.
Go to Bath, or Putney, or Jericho, bishop; travel is your anodyne. 'I cannot leave Beorminster just now, Graham. When I can I shall take your advice. The doctor shrugged his shoulders and walked towards the door. There he paused and looked back at the unhappy face of the bishop. A thought struck him and he returned.
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