Barchester Towers Chapter 12 - Slope versus Harding

In which Mr. Harding is summoned by Mr. Slope to discuss the proposed conditions attached to the hospital appointment offered by the bishop, revealing tensions between old and new clerical attitudes. The conversation exposes Mr. Harding's reluctant defiance of the demands for increased duties and transformed practices, as well as Mr. Slope's strategic manoeuvring to secure the position for his own ally.