"And you thought there would be nothing left of us but an opinion, like the Kilkenny cat's tail. Pray whose opinion did you think would have the most obstinate vitality?"
Mr. Thornton had not a notion what they were talking about, and disdained to inquire. Mr. Hale politely enlightened him.
"Mr. Thornton, we were accusing Mr. Bell this morning of a kind of Oxonian medival bigotry against his native town; and we--Margaret, I believe--suggested that it would do him good to associate a little with Milton manufacturers."
"I beg your pardon. Margaret thought it would do the Milton manufacturers good to associate a little more with Oxford men. Now wasn't it so, Margaret?"
"I believe I thought it would do both good to see a little more of the other,--I did not know it was my idea any more than papa's."

Mr. Thornton, we were accusing Mr. Bell this morning of bigotry against his native town; and we - Margaret, I believe - suggested that it would do him good to associate with Milton manufacturers.'
'I beg your pardon. Margaret thought it would do the Milton manufacturers good to associate a little more with Oxford men. Now wasn't it so, Margaret?'
'I believe we thought it would do both good to see a little more of the other.'
