saidthearchdeacon。Thedistancewasverynearlytwentymiles，anditwasfeltbyboththemotherandtheson，thatthearchdeaconmustbeinagoodhumourwhenhemadesuchapropositionasthat。Itwasnotoftenthattherectorycarriage—horseswereallowedtomakelongjourneys。A
runintoBarchesterandback，whichwasaltogetherundertenmiles，wasgenerallytheextentoftheirwork。’ImeanttohavepostedfromBarchester，’saidthemajor。’Youmayaswelltakethehorsesthrough，’
saidthearchdeacon。’Yourmotherwillnotwantthem。AndIsupposeyoumightaswellbringyourfriendToogoodbacktodinner。We’llgivehimabed。’
’Hemustbeagoodsortofman，’saidMrsGrantly；’forIsupposehehasdonethisallforlove？’
’Yes；andspentalotofmoneyoutofhisownpockettoo！’saidthemajorenthusiastically。’Andthejokeofitis，thathehasbeendefendingCrawleyinCrawley’steeth。MrCrawleyhadrefusedtoemploycounsel；butToogoodhadmadeuphismindtohaveabarrister，onpurposethattheremightbeafussaboutitincourt。HethoughtthatitwouldtellwiththejuryinCrawley’sfavour。’