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Show LEVIATHAN the Golf Club. In fact the conversation went off most harmoniously. "It was extraordinarily kind of you to call so early, my dear fellow," said Jones as he followed his guest to the door of the little rectory. "I take it as a mark of Christian brotherhood; and naturally, as a clergyman, I want to be as close as possible to every one who is working in any way for the good of the place where my parish lies." "Of course!" answered Hopkins. "That's all right. I guess you won't have any troable about Christian brotherhood in Samaria. Good-bye till Monday afternoon." But as he walked across the green, the skirts of his black frock-coat flapping in the September breeze, and his brown Fedora hat set at a reflective angle on tl1e back of his head, he pondered a little over the precise significance of his confrere' a last remark, which had not altogether pleased him. Was there a subtle shade of difference between those who were working "in any way" for the good of Samaria, and the "clergyman" who felt bound to be on good terms with them ? 280 I .I LEVIATHAN On Monday afternoon iliey had appointed to take a country walk together, and Hopkins, who was a lean, long-legged, wiry fellow, with a deep chest, gray eyes, and a short, crisp brown beard and moustache, led the way at a lively pace over hill and dale around Lake Marapaug and back,-fourteen miles in three hours. Jones was rather red when they returned to the front gate of the rectory about five o'clock, and he wiped his beaded forehead with his handkerchief as he invited his comrade to come in and have a cup of tea. "No, thank you," said Hopkins, "I'm just ready for a bit of work in my study, now. Nice little stroll, wasn't it? I want you to know ilie country about here, and the people too. You mustn't feel strange in this Puritan region where my church has been established so long. We'll soon make you feel at home. Good-bye." An hour later, when Jones had sipped his tea, he looked up from an article in the Pall Mall Review and began to wonder wheilier Hopkins had meant anything in particular by iliat last remark. "He's an awfully good chap, to be sure, but just 281 |