Mr. Dusautoy, having a year ago come out of the diocese where had been Albinia's home, they had many common friends, and plunged into 'ecclesiastical intelligence,' with a mutual understanding of the topics most often under discussion, that made Albinia quite in her element. "A great Newfoundland dog of a man in size, and countenance, and kindness," thought she. "If his wife be worthy of him, I shall reck little of all the rest."