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CHAPTER 3. MR. YORKE.
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Cheerfulness, it would appear, is a matter which depends fully1 as much on the state of things within as on the state of things without and around us. I make this trite2 remark, because I happen to know that Messrs. Helstone and Moore trotted4 forth5 from the mill-yard gates, at the head of their very small company, in the best possible spirits. When a ray from a lantern (the three pedestrians6 of the party carried each one) fell on Mr. Moore's face, you could see an unusual, because a lively, spark dancing in his eyes, and a new-found vivacity7 mantling8 on his dark physiognomy; and when the rector's visage was illuminated9, his hard features were revealed all agrin and ashine with glee. Yet a drizzling10 night, a somewhat perilous11 expedition, you would think were not circumstances calculated to enliven those exposed to the wet and engaged in the adventure. If any member or members of the crew who had been at work on Stilbro' Moor3 had caught a view of this party, they would have had great pleasure in shooting either of the leaders from behind a wall: and the leaders knew this; and the fact is, being both men of steely nerves and steady-beating hearts, were elate with the knowledge.
I am aware, reader, and you need not remind me, that it is a dreadful thing for a parson to be warlike; I am aware that he should be a man of peace. I have some faint outline of an idea of what a clergyman's mission is amongst mankind, and I remember distinctly whose servant he is, whose message he delivers, whose example he should follow; yet, with all this, if you are a parson-hater, you need not expect me to go along with you every step of your
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mighty
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