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THE BISHOP'S TROUBLES. 273<br />

Audley's sisters. I—I won't go on to<br />

Audley— I—don't think it's necessary, and<br />

I could do no good."<br />

" Too much for his lordship, decidedly,"<br />

said Price emphatically. Temple Masters<br />

assented ; he saw that the poor old man<br />

shrank from the publicity that must attach<br />

to the visit. People would stare and talk.<br />

A bishop going to see his son in prison<br />

And they would look closely at the Bishop,<br />

and watch his every look and word, and<br />

the report <strong>of</strong> his visit would get into the<br />

papers, and t<strong>her</strong>e might be comments on<br />

it ; possibly a leading article. If only the<br />

Bishop had been still Bector <strong>of</strong> Shoreleigh !<br />

If he had not been set in high places, so<br />

that whatever disgrace attached to him<br />

would be seen by a whole kingdom !<br />

Temple Masters quite understood it.<br />

" T<strong>her</strong>e is no necessity," he said, " I will<br />

teU Audley exactly how things are ;" then<br />

he had a little more talk, and presently<br />

VOL. TIL 18<br />

!

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