Her line had been born Episcopalians since a time whereof no data were obtainable; and this was, of course, not a condition to meddle with in late life, even if one's mind should grow consenting.

For that matter, Miss Caroline would be frank and pretend to no change of mind.

She was an old woman and fixed.

She could not at this day free herself of a doubtless incorrect notion that the outside churches--meaning those not Episcopal--had been intended for people other than her own family and its offshoots.

Clem had once been a Baptist, and it was true that he was now a Methodist.