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had only a few moments before apparently
acknowledged themselves to be spiritually

exalted, and vowed that evermore they
would live in charity towards all things and

all men ! As a broad question this, and
the fact that the members of the congrega­

tion who knelt together were, outside the
church-doors, exceedingly chary of knowing

each other, puzzled Fairbrass; but his
greatest perplexity lay nearer home.

Quite close to the pew that was set
apart for the use of the inmates of the

Little House at the foot of the Hill, was
a very exclusive, richly carpeted, and

altogether luxurious enclosure devoted,
through many succeeding generations, to
those who owned the Large House on the

side of the Hill* By the way, God’s H ouse
(with the beautiful blue ceiling), on the top

of the Hill, had no pew, and seemed to do
just as well without it.

And this is what bewildered Fairbrass.
For week after week he watched his gray­

haired, grim old grandfather in his seat,