Enoch
Stone is our only hope in the House now. He is a strong man, and he
has hold of the truth."
"Have they decided upon Henslow's successor?" she asked.
"Not yet," he answered.
She looked up at him.
"I heard from uncle this morning," she said, smiling meaningly.
He shook his head.
"Well, it was mentioned," he said, "but I would not hear of it. I am
altogether too young and inexperienced. I want to live with the people
for a year or two first. That is why I am glad to get to London."
"With the people?" she asked, "in Jermyn Street?"
He laughed good-humouredly.
"I have also lodgings in the Bethnal Green Road," he said. "I took
possession of them last week."
"Anywhere near Merry's Corner?" she asked.
"What do you know about Merry's Corner?" he exclaimed, with uplifted
eyebrows. "Yes, my rooms are nearly opposite, at the corner of the next
street."
"I've been down there once or twice lately," she said. "There's a
mission-hall just there, and a girl named Kate Stuart gave me a letter
to go three times a week."
He nodded.
"I know the place.
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