"You'll have to pay a swinging half-yearly bill, then,eh, Tulliver? The clergymen have highish notions,in general," said Mr. Deane, taking snuff vigorously,as he always did when wishing to maintain a neutral position.
"What! do you think the parson'll teach him to know a good sample o' wheat when he sees it, neighbor Tulliver?" said Mr. Glegg, who was fond of his jest,and having retired from business, felt that it was not only allowable but becoming in him to take a playful view of things.