It may be difficult to keep such men out of holy orders, but if ever the benefices of the church come to be freely bestowed upon them, that moment the death-bell of religion is rung in England.

My late husband said so.

While such men keep to barns and conventicles we can despise them, but when they creep into the fold, then there is just cause for alarm.

The longer I live, the better I see my poor husband was right." "I should scarcely have thought such a man as you describe could have captivated Helen," said the rector with a smile.
"Depend upon it she perceives her mistake well enough by this time," returned Mrs.Ramshorn.

"A lady born and bred _must_ make the discovery before a week is over.