..., and accepted the inadequate results. One day there came a rap at the old-fashioned door-knocker, and Mrs. Lander, passing swiftly through the hall, flung the portal open regally, as if it were in Macbeth 's palace. We heard a slender voice explaining that the visitor was the Reverend Mr. So-and-So from New York, just arrived by steamer. Mr. So-and-so? said our prima donna. Delighted to see y...