THE PERPETUAL CURATE BY THE AUTHOR OF 'SALEM CHAPEL,' ETC. IN THREE VOLUMES VOL. III. WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS EDINBURGH AND LONDON MDCCCLXIV I.C.D. LIBRAP Chronicles of Carlingford. THE PERPETUAL CURATE. CHAPTER XXXVI. THE first investigation into the character of the Rev. F. C. Wentworth, Curate of St Roque's, was fixed to take place in the vestry of the parish church, at eleven o'clock on the morning of the day which followed this anxious night. Most people in Carlingford were aware that the Perpetual Curate was to be put upon his trial on that sunny July morning; and there was naturally a good deal of curiosity among the intelligent townsfolk to see how he looked, and what was the aspect of the witnesses who were to bear testimony for or against him. It is always interesting to the VOL. III. A |