“Without doubt it helped the process,” replied the bishop with a laugh; and then Mr. Selincourt intervened by saying it was time for the bishop’s service to begin, so Oily Dave was promptly hustled to his proper place in the background.

The bishop was more than ordinarily eloquent that evening; but the bride, in her white robe, sitting beside her husband, heard only the words of the text:  “He shall choose our inheritance for us”.