Society for the Promotion and Preservation of Emoluments for the
Higher Clergy_."

MANSON. I do not seem to have heard it _named_ before.

BISHOP. Well, no: its movements have always been characterised by
a certain modesty. It is an invisible society, so to speak; but I
can assure you its principles are very clearly understood--among
the parties most concerned.

MANSON. And your project?

BISHOP. Affiliate the subsidiary question of the building of the
Church, with the larger interests of the Society.

MANSON. Yes, but since people have already refused to subscribe to
the more trivial project . . .

BISHOP. They have not been properly approached. My dear sir, in
order to awaken public generosity, It is necessary to act like men
of the world: _we must have names_. People will subscribe to any
amount, if you can only get the right names.

That Is where _you_ come in.

MANSON. I! Do you propose to place my name at the head of
your--prospectus?

BISHOP. My dear sir, invaluable! Didn't you say yourself that you
brought in numberless millions, on your own credit, out there in