"Did you ever hear anything like it! When the point was, to teach the poor things to be Christians, to turn them back, because their hair was not regulation length!" "What's that! Who did ?" said Dr.May, coming in from his own room, where he had heard a few words.
"Mrs.Ledwich.

She sent back three of the Cocksmoor children this morning.

It seems she warned them last Sunday without saying a word to us." "Sent them back from church!" said the doctor.
"Not exactly from church," said Margaret.
"It is the same in effect," said Ethel, "to turn them from school; for if they did try to go alone, the pew-openers would drive them out." "It is a wretched state of things!" said Dr.May, who never wanted much provocation to begin storming about parish affairs.

"When I am churchwarden again, I'll see what can be done about the seats; but it's no sort of use, while Ramsden goes on as he does." "Now my poor children are done for!" said Ethel.

"They will never come again.