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    believe * with due economy , according to the ordinances , that is , the directions and governances of your . lady hter& present ; akd with ability in your calling , though net at all tirnes quite equal to Such ministrations of office as required . continental culture , and general acquaintance with exotic art and practice . '

    ' . She has never , dressed even an English snipe to my liking ! * interrupted her reverence * * Arrielia ! ' pursued Dr . Wizbeach , warming with his own discourse , ' Amelia Stains , I tremble for you ! What availeth all your honesty , all your sobriety > all your industry , yea , or what availeth all such ability as you possess , being , as you are reported to fee , a defaulter in ghostly piety 1 Answer me , then , as yoti

    Value your own soul !—answer me , Amelia Stains , widow of that good churchman and faithful servant , Zachary Stains , late gamekeeper of the Rev . grandson of the Right Rev . Father in God , Bishop Home , of psalmic memory;—answer mb categoricall y * that is , uiiprevaricativel y > have you ,, or have you not , recently attended the holdings forth , in some pantile outhouse of dissent and wickedness V

    . < Please your reverence —faltered the appalled cook * - * f It does in no wise please his reverence ! ' interrupted Mrs . Dr Wizbeacb , sardonically . ' I humbly hope , * ' responded Mrs . Stains * * that I have not been guilty of any wickedness in iriy searchings after religious saving

    grace > either towards my own God-fearing soul or towards his reverence . And , if I have , I'm sure I ' m altogether serry and spirit-afflicted , ahd I-humbly craves pardon of his reverence for the same , and the tim £ to come / 6 Crave , not craves , ' said his reverence .

    s Time to come ! ' ejaculated the lady . x But first answer the question Dr . Wizbeach has put to you . ' ' I have been a few times on a Lord ' s-day evening to hear the * expoundings of Mr . Livermore Stiles , and I meant , no offence to his reverence , who never , preaches of an evening ; Mr . Stiles is considered by most people ( here the cook looked down and twfeted her apron ) as a very fine man in the pulpitt ' 6

    Expoundings ! spirit-afflicted ! fine man ! ' exclaimed his reverence , upliiting both hands ; ' Vvhy the womah is completely inoculated already . ' ' It is no more than I told you , Dr . Wizbeach / said the lad y * € Amelra ! Amelia ! wretched woman ! * enunciated his reveretafee , < what hast thou ever found dissatisfactory in my house , that should induce this sinful faliinsr-off from heaven V

    At this moment the door operied , and Vespasian , the black footman , entered with the clpud-compeliing ' urn . ,. / - ' Ha . I' said his reverence ^ f we must cut short this business ;' ' By no means , Dr > Wizbeacb / answered his lady , sharply-* Amelia is not to be dismissed so lightl y * Eto you not thiak ,

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1835, page 239, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2644/page/15/