"I'm sure I hope so. I have no possible reason to doubt it as to the two or three whom I have seen,--nor indeed as to all the rest whom I have not seen."
"They are so much respected everywhere as good and pious men!"
"I do not doubt it. Nothing tends so much to respect as a good income. But they may be excellent men without being excellent bishops. I find no fault with them, but much with the system by which they are controlled. Is it probable that a man should be fitted to select guides for other men's souls because he has succeeded by infinite labour in his vocation in becoming the leader of a majority in the House of Commons?"
"Indeed, no," said Lady Carbury, who did not in the least understand the nature of the question put to her.
"And when you've got your bishop, is it likely that a man should be able to do his duty in that capacity who has no power of his own to decide whether a clergyman under him is or is not fit for his duty?"

"I'm sure I hope so."
"They are so much respected everywhere as good and pious men!"
"Indeed. But they may be excellent men without being excellent bishops. I find no fault with them, but much with the system by which they are controlled. 