rmined vehemence she had obtained this
concession in his favour, nor did she mention the price she was to pay
for it.

The warden did not express himself peculiarly gratified at this
intelligence, and Eleanor, though she had not worked for thanks, and
was by no means disposed to magnify her own good offices, felt hurt
at the manner in which her news was received. "Mr Bold can act as
he thinks proper, my love," said he; "if Mr Bold thinks he has been
wrong, of course he will discontinue what he is doing; but that cannot
change my purpose."

"Oh, papa!" she exclaimed, all but crying with vexation; "I thought
you would have been so happy;--I thought all would have been right
now."

"Mr Bold," continued he, "has set great people to work,--so great that
I doubt they are now beyond his control. Read that, my dear." The
warden, doubling up a number of _The Jupiter_, pointed to the peculiar
article which she was to read. It was to the last of the three
leaders, which are generally furnished daily for the support of the
nation, that Mr Harding directed her attention. It dealt some heavy
blows on various clerical delinquents; on families who received their
tens of thousands yearly for doing nothing; on men who, as the article
stated, rolled in wealth which they had neither earned nor inherited,
and which was in fact stolen from the poorer clergy. It named some
sons of bishops, and grandsons of archbishops; men great in their way,
who had redeemed their disgrace in the eyes of many by the enormity of
their plunder; and then, having disposed of these leviathans, it
descended to Mr Harding.

We alluded some weeks since to an instance of similar
injustice, though in a more humble scale, in which the warden
of an almshouse at Barchester has become possessed of the
income of the greater part of the whole institution. Why an
almshouse should have a warden we cannot pretend to explain,
nor can we say what special need twelve old men can have for
the services of a separate clergyman, seeing that they have
twelve reserved seats for themselves in Barchester Cathedral.
But be this as it may, let the gentleman call himself warden
or precentor, or what he will, let him be never so scrupulous
in exacting religious duties from his twelve dependents, or
never so negligent as regards the services of the cathedral,
it appears palpably clear that he can be entitled to no
portion of the revenu