’ButthisspeaksofyourgoingnextMonday,Josiah,’saidMrsCrawley。
’IfinditmoresuitablethatIshouldgotoday,’saidhe。’SomedutyI
dooweinthismatter,bothtothebishop,andtoDrTempest,who,afterafashionis,asregardsmypresentbusiness,thebishop’srepresentative。ButIdonotperceivethatIoweitasadutytoeithertoobeyimplicitlytheirinjunctions,andIwillnotsubmitmyselftothecross—questioningofthemanThumble。AsIampurposedatpresentI
shallexpressmywillingnesstogiveuptheparish。’
’Giveuptheparishaltogether?’