I did not
even try for a fellowship.'
'Conceited!' thought Freda. 'I suppose he thinks if he had tried he
would have got one.'
'Were you not at Baliol?' asked Mr Gwynne.
'Yes; I went there because my aunt had a fancy for the college, her
father having been, there, otherwise I should have gone to Jesus College
and tried for a Welsh fellowship, which is more easily obtained, because
there are few competitors.'
'Did you know anything of Mr Neville, Sir Thomas Neville's son?' asked
Miss Hall.
'Yes; I was introduced to him through some friends of my aunt's, and we
became very intimate. He was very kind to me.'
'Is he clever?'
'Very. I think he has very fine talents, and is likely to shine at the
bar if he continues in his resolution to go to it. I have just had an
invitation to spend a few days with him, but do not think I shall have
time before I go to be ordained.'
'Has your aunt settled the curacy?' asked Freda, with a wicked laugh in
the corner of her eye.
'I think and hope so,' replied Rowland, answering the visible smile by a
blush; 'she has done her utmost to obtain it for me.'
'Ah! she was well connected, and has some interest, and a--a great deal
of energy, and all that sort of thing; I should think she was a clever,
or I mean a--an enterprising woman.
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