She talked too loud not to be overheard, and Agnes inwardly noted that as soon as Robert Elsmere appeared she talked louder than before.

He gathered presently that she was an ardent Wesleyan, and that she was engaged in describing to Catherine and Mrs.Leyburn the evangelistic exploits of her oldest son, who had recently obtained his first circuit as a Wesleyan minister.
He was shrewd enough, too, to guess, after a minute or two, that his presence and probably his obnoxious clerical dress gave additional zest to the recital.
'Oh, his success at Colesbridge has been somethin' marvellous,' he heard her say, with uplifted hands and eyes, '"some-thin" marvellous.

The Lord has blessed him indeed! It doesn't matter what it is, whether it's meetin's, or sermons, or parlor work, or just faithful dealin's with souls one by one.

Satan has no cleverer foe than Edward.

He never shuts his eyes; as Edward says himself, it's like trackin' for game is huntin' for souls.