"There is no question of another man's ground here," said the member of the Chapter. "I'm not so sure of that," continued Mr. Quickenham. "It may not be the ground of any one man, but if it's the ground of any ten or twenty it's the same thing." "But then there would be a lawsuit," said the Vicar. "It might come to that," said the Queen's Counsel. "I'm sure you wouldn't have a leg to stand upon," said the member of the Chapter. "I don't see that at all," said Gilmore. "If the land is common to the parish, the Marquis of Trowbridge cannot give it to a part of the parishioners because he is Lord of the Manor." "For such a purpose I should think he can," said Mr. Chamberlaine. "And I'm quite sure he can't," said Mr. Quickenham. "All the same, it may be very difficult to prove that he hasn't the right; and in the meantime there stands the chapel, a fact accomplished. If the ground had been bought and the purchasers had wanted a title, I think it probable the Marquis would never have got his money." "There can be no doubt that it is very ungentlemanlike," said Mr. Chamberlaine. "There I'm afraid I can't help you," said Mr. Quickenham. "Good law is not defined very clearly here in England; but good manners have never been defined at all." "I don't want anyone to help me on such a matter as that," said Mr. Chamberlaine, who did not altogether like Mr. Quickenham. "I dare say not," said Mr. Quickenham; "and yet the question may be open to argument. A man may do what he likes with his own, and can hardly be called ungentlemanlike because he gives it away to a person you don't happen to like." [Illustration: "I dare say not," said Mr. Quickenham.] "I know what we all think about it in Salisbury," said Mr. Chamberlaine. "It's just possible that you may be a little hypercritical in Salisbury," said Quickenham.