The Son of His Father (Vol. 1-3) by Unknown
Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 0000000000000
Published: 2023-09-09T08:21:22+00:00
CHAPTER X.
THE WELCOME.
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âHullo, Jack, is this really you?â
The speaker was the Rev. Percy Spencer, as completely arrayed a curate as could be found in all the parishes of England. John sprang up from his seat, and contemplated him with an amused scrutiny which suddenly ended in a burst of laughter. Percy did not refuse to join a little, but only a little, in the laugh, conscious of the difference between his long clerical coat and high waistcoat, and the soft hat he held in his hands, and those gayer garments, resplendent ties and canes in the height of the fashion, which had distinguished him in his university days. John had not seen him since he had assumed the severe simplicity of this priestly garb, and he was willing to allow a momentary merriment; but he soon resumed the little air of seriousness and responsibility which became his position.
âI daresay,â he said, âyou find me a little changed; so I am. It makes a vast difference on a man, on his feelings as well as on his clothes, when he becomes a priest. But, all the same, Iâm delighted to see you, and I hope Cattley has given you a good breakfast after your journey.â
Cattley! John, notwithstanding that he felt himself rather a fine fellow, had preserved, probably because of having been so far removed from the scene of them, all the traditions and reverential usages of his youth, and to have called his old tutor Cattley would have been no more possible to him than to have thrown stones at the old church-tower which presided over the village. Percy, too, thought himself a fine fellow, a much finer fellow than John, and the young layman naturally saw the absurd aspect of that conviction in the person of the young priest.
âI am very well,â he said, âI have had a capital breakfast, and everything here looks delightful and like itselfâeven Mr. Cattley; only you and I have changed, I think.â
âYouâre not so big as you promised to be,â said Percy, with satisfaction. âI thought youâd have grown twice that height. Dick is six foot, donât you know. Thatâs all very well for one in a family, but you canât go on doing it. I suppose youâre going now to seeâAunt Mary? Youâre expected, of course. Cattley, thereâs a good fellow, do put me up a little to the manners and customs of Feather Lane.â
âIf I go now will it be too early forâthe ladies?â said John, âas I see youâve got business on hand.â
âOh, not at all; no business in particular; only Iâm taking hold of the work, and Cattley is giving it up. Things are a little different, donât you know, from what they were when he took it up. I daresay I shall have to make changes,â Percy said.
âEvery new man does that,â said mild Mr. Cattley, âand undoes them again two or three times probably before he finds the right way.â
âI hope,â said Percy, âI shanât be so long about it as that; but if youâre ready, Jack, Iâll step along with you.
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