XII + 

They almost applauded. + 

They told him afterward that he was immense, and invited him to address them whenever he returned to London. + 

“Wait,” he reflected, “till I get back to Zenith and tell old Potts and Hickenlooper that!” + 

As they rode to the hotel on the bus, Cleo sighed, “Oh, you were wonderful! But I never knew you had such a wild time of it in your first pastorate.” + 

“Oh, well, it was nothing. A man that’s a real man has to take the rough with the smooth.” + 

“That’s so!” + 