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Rossmore's not home." Then shaking her head, she added: "They don't see no visitors." Unabashed, the Rev. Deetle drew a card from a case and handing it to the girl said pompously: "Then we will see Mrs. Rossmore. I saw her at the window as we came along. Here, my girl, take her this card. Tell her that the Reverend Pontifex Deetle and Miss Deetle have called to present their compliments."
"You are both most kind," murmured Mrs. Rossmore; "but we could not accept in any case. My daughter is returning home from Paris next week." "Ah, your daughter you have a daughter?" exclaimed Mr. Deetle, grasping at the slightest straw to add to his stock of information. "Coming from Paris, too! Such a wicked city!"
Rossmore's not home." Then shaking her head, she added: "They don't see no visitors." Unabashed, the Rev. Deetle drew a card from a case and handing it to the girl said pompously: "Then we will see Mrs. Rossmore. I saw her at the window as we came along. Here, my girl, take her this card. Tell her that the Reverend Pontifex Deetle and Miss Deetle have called to present their compliments."
Brushing past Eudoxia, who vainly tried to close the door, the Rev. Deetle coolly entered the house, followed by his sister, and took a seat in the parlour. "She'll blame me for this," wailed the girl, who had not budged and who stood there fingering the Rev. Deetle's card. "Blame you? For what?" demanded the clerical visitor in surprise.
As Leader of the Unified All Souls Baptismal Presbytery, it is my duty to visit the widows and orphans of this community." "These people are neither widows or orphans," objected Miss Deetle. "They are strangers," insisted the Rev. Pontifex, "and it is my duty to minister to them if they need it. Furthermore it is my duty to my congregation to find out who is in their midst.
"I've no doubt," retorted Miss Deetle, "and as such they will not thank us for prying into their affairs." "Prying, did you say?" said the parson, resenting this implied criticism of his actions. "Just plain prying," persisted his sister angrily. "I don't see what else it is." The Rev. Pontifex straightened up and threw out his chest as he replied: "It is protecting my flock.
Who were these strangers that intruded on her privacy offering a consolation she did not want? Miss Deetle, as if glad of the opportunity to joke at her brother's expense, said explosively: "My dear Pontifex, you have already offered a strawberry festival which Mrs. Rossmore has been unable to accept." "Well, what of it?" demanded Mr. Deetle, glaring at his sister for the irrelevant interruption.
Their neighbours don't know much about them. They say they're haughty and stuck up. The only one I could get anything out of was a parson named Deetle. He said it was a sad case, that they had reverses and a daughter who was in Paris " "Yes, yes," said Ryder impatiently, "we know all that. But where's the daughter now?" "Search me, sir. I even tried to pump the Irish slavey. Gee, what a vixen!
"I've no doubt," retorted Miss Deetle, "and as such they will not thank us for prying into their affairs." "Prying, did you say?" said the parson, resenting this implied criticism of his actions. "Just plain prying," persisted his sister angrily. "I don't see what else it is." The Rev. Pontifex straightened up and threw out his chest as he replied: "It is protecting my flock.
As Leader of the Unified All Souls Baptismal Presbytery, it is my duty to visit the widows and orphans of this community." "These people are neither widows or orphans," objected Miss Deetle. "They are strangers," insisted the Rev. Pontifex, "and it is my duty to minister to them if they need it. Furthermore it is my duty to my congregation to find out who is in their midst.
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