"
"Then they still mean to settle in Africa?"
"Her heart has always been there, and her father is in treaty for a
farm for him, so I fear there is little hope of keeping them. I
can't think what the parish will do without her. By the bye, how
does Joe Reynolds get on with his drawings?"
"I must show them to you. He is really very clever. We sent him to
the School of Art twice a week, and he has got on wonderfully. I
begin to believe in my academician."
"So you don't repent?"
"I think not. As far as I can judge he is a good boy still. I make
him my escort to church, so that I am sure of him there. Renville
would have taken him for a boy about his studio, and I think he will
go there eventually; but Camilla thinks he may be an attraction at
the bazaar, and is making him draw for it."
"I was in hopes that the bazaar would have blown over, but the
Bishop has been demanding of Fuller and his churchwardens how soon
they mean to put the building in hand, and this seems to be their
only notion of raising money."
"I am very glad of this opportunity of asking what you think I had
better do about it.
Pages:
383
384
385
386
387
388
389
390
391
392
393
394
395
396
397
398
399
400
401
402
403
404
405
406
407