It will be noticed that I have alluded throughout these pages to Lord Lambeth under his original name as Mr Barnett. The public are more familiar with him in this form, for Barnett is and remains the name he has rendered famous; and, moreover, his acceptance of the Peerage was not announced till half this edition had been struck off. I have his permission for the retention of his simple English surname. Similarly I speak throughout my work of the Right Rev. the Right Honourable,[1] the Lord Mauclerc, Bishop of Shoreham, as “the Rev. the Honourable Peregrine Mauclerc.” The death of his lordship’s brother, and his own induction to the See of Shoreham, occurred too late for me to make the requisite alteration. * * * * * One word more. I trust I have nowhere forgotten that delicacy in mentioning the private affairs of others which is the mark of the gentleman. If I have spoken strongly of Mr Abbott, it must be remembered that a patriotic duty has claims superior to those of convention: moreover, Mr Abbott has himself made a verbal declaration of the strongest kind, accompanied with an oath, that he is indifferent to my opinions. It may be mentioned in this connection that the unhappy difficulties of the Benthorpe family, on which I was compelled (however reluctantly) to touch, are of no further moment, since young Mr Benthorpe has wooed and won Antigua, the only daughter of the Count Brahms de la Torre de Traicion y Crapular, a Spanish nobleman of immense resources. For the rest, I have throughout striven earnestly—and I believe successfully—to avoid giving the slightest pain to any sentient being. “He prayeth best who loveth best All things both great and small; For the great God who loveth us, He made and loves them all.” —COLERIDGE Or words to that effect. CHELSEA, 1904 FOOTNOTES: [1] The phrase used by “Asterisk” in the _Daily American_ of April 9th has no meaning. _Very Rev._, _Very Honourable_, are titles that cannot exist in combination. As to the “_Most_”: “_Most_ Honourable, _Most_ Rev.,” of “Clara,” in the _Evenudg German_, it is not impossible, but is here inaccurate. His Lordship is not a marquis, nor has he any intention of ascending the steps of the Archiepiscopal throne. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS A Sketch of Mr Burden—from memory _Frontispiece_ Mr Burden’s Nephew, Hildebrand Worthing, whose inheritance of gentle blood sadly unfitted him for a commercial life _To face page_ 7 Mrs Burden at the age of forty-three. From a miniature ” ” 12 Spiritual anxiety of Mr Legros. An impression from the pencil of a friend and pastor, whose house he would frequent for the solution of doctrinal doubts ” ” 15 Mrs Burden. An interpretation by Miss M^cKee, long a governess in the family ” ” 16