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Miss E. 'Why do you not go?'
Mr. G. 'My unfortunate throat; and besides, I believe I am really
better fitted for an urban population.'
Miss E. 'In what way?'
Mr. G. 'Well, you see, Miss Everard, questions present themselves
to our hearers in towns which do not naturally occur to the rustic
mind--questions with which, if I may say so, I am perhaps fitted to
deal. The rustic mind needs nothing more than a simple presentation
of the Gospel.'
Miss E. 'What kind of questions?'
Mr. G. 'You must be aware that our friend Mrs. Poulter, for
instance, accustomed as she is to the mental stimulus of Southsea
and Brighton, takes an interest in topics unfamiliar to an honest
agriculturist who is immersed all the week in beeves and ploughs and
swine.'
Mr. Goacher had intended that Mrs. Poulter should hear that her name
was mentioned.
Mrs. P. 'What are you saying about me?'
Miss E. 'Nothing to your discredit. We were talking about town and
country parishes, and Mr. Goacher maintains that in a town parish a
clergyman of superior intellect is indispensable.
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