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CHAPTER II. 



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Congratulations False Prophets Reaction A Man of 

 Two Callings A Woman of One The Contrast 

 Bad Business Strange Interview Diplomacy Fen 

 Farmers An Awful Visitation An Honest Man 

 Strange Predicament Advice Matrimony The Clergy 

 A Good Bishop Society A Leading Feature The 

 Effects of Ignorance : its Principal Cause Exceptions 

 A Real Reformer William Cobbett A City Hotel 

 Magnificent Dinner A New Acquaintance. 



I HAD not long been confirmed in my 

 seat before I received the congratulations 

 of many of the fraternity, some of the 

 most flattering nature, and all rife with 

 prognostications of the vast benefits that 

 would accrue to me from so fortunate 



