Canon Spratte is an important man...most of all in his own mind.
He knows theoretically that others might not share his good opinion.
He esteemed bashfulness a sign of bad manners, and used to say that a man who pretended not to know his own value was a fool.
Spratte never concealed from the world that he rated himself highly.
He deserves to be the next Bishop of Sheffield.
He is the son of a Lord Chancellor, which alone should assure him the position to which he knows he is entitled.
Canon Spratte is an important man...most of all in his own mind