meditative manner.

    `But belike ulliver in terval, `an Ive no opinion o ook  o t bed an packed emup an sent em as unknoott  ud break my  to send tom , Mr tulliver.

    `You may set your mind at rest on t score, Mrs tulliver, said Mr Riley, `for Stelling is married to as nice a little tle soul in t curly  family, and its not every offer t  quarter. But Stellings not an everyday man. Raticular felloo to be connected  I tion to take your son - I t, on my representation.

    `I dont kno toucion, `a nice freso see.

    `But tulliver, turning  Mr Riley, after a long perusal of t. `ouldnt a parson be amost too  to bring up a lad to be a man o business? My notion o t a sort o learning as lay mostly out o sig isnt  for tom. I  o knoe like print, and see into t folks mean, and o  actionable. Its an uncommon fine t is, concluded Mr tulliver, s a man kno paying for it.

    `O my dear tulliver, said Mr Riley, `youre quite under a mistake about t scers are of ters  of men generally...

    `Ay, t Jacobs is, at terposed Mr tulliver.

    `to be sure - men  likely. Noleman by profession and education: and besides t,  . t you may depend upon it, Stelling is not one of ts  me tell you. Drop  and ts enougalk of figures, noo Stelling, `I  my son to be a tician, and you may leave t to him.

    Mr Riley paused a moment, o clerical tutorso an imaginary Mr Stelling tatement, `I  my son to knoic.

    `You see, my dear tulliver, Mr Riley continued, `ed man, like Stelling,