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Nor was Mr. Dumfarthing different in his private walk of life. He was heard to speak openly of the Overend brothers as "men of wrath," and they were so pleased that they repeated it to half the town. It was the best business advertisement they had had for years. Dr. Boomer was captivated with the man. "True scholarship," he murmured, as Dr.
Skinyer left him without further questioning, the rector's brain being evidently unfit for the subject of corporation law. On the other hand he got satisfaction from the Rev. Dr. Dumfarthing at once. "The church of St. Osoph," said the minister, "is a perpetual trust, holding property as such under a general law of the state and able as such to be made the object of suit or distraint.
Newberry of Mr. Furlong senior, anxiously. "After all, what inducement have they?" "Every inducement," said Mr. Furlong. "All said and done they've only one large asset Dr. Dumfarthing. We're really offering to buy up Dr. Dumfarthing by pooling our assets with theirs." "And what does Dr. Dumfarthing himself say to it?" "Ah, there I am not so sure," said Mr. Furlong; "that may be a difficulty.
Dumfarthing poured undiluted Greek and Hebrew from the pulpit, scorning to translate a word of it. Under Dr. Boomer's charge the minister was taken over the length and breadth of Plutoria University, and reviled it from the foundations up. "Our library," said the president, "two hundred thousand volumes!" "Aye," said the minister, "a powerful heap of rubbish, I'll be bound!"
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