kindly promised to come over here to dine."

"Is he here for pleasure?" asked the rector.

"I understand he is--" Mr. Fyshe was going to say "about
to invest a large part of his fortune in American
securities," but he thought better of it. Even with the
clergy it is well to be careful. So he substituted "is
very much interested in studying American conditions."

"Does he stay long?" asked Mr. Furlong.

Had Mr. Lucullus Fyshe replied quite truthfully, he would
have said, "Not if I can get his money out of him quickly,"
but he merely answered, "That I don't know."

"He will find much to interest him," went on the rector
in a musing tone. "The position of the Anglican Church
in America should afford him an object of much
consideration. I understand," he added, feeling his way,
"that his Grace is a man of deep piety."

"Very deep," said Mr. Fyshe.

"And of great philanthropy?"

"Very great."

"And I presume," said the rector, taking a devout sip of
the unfinished soda, "that he is a man of immense wealth?"