She replied that they were both by authors whom her father liked.

I regretted it.

Then she fired up, refused to withdraw the names, and offered to resign.

Miss Mallory's subscription to the Club is, however, much larger than mine.

_I_ shall therefore resign--protesting, of course, against the reason which induces me to take this course." "What's wrong with the books ?" asked Hugh Roughsedge.
The Vicar drew himself up.
"I have given my reasons." "Why, you see that kind of thing in every newspaper," said Roughsedge, bluntly.
"All the more reason why I should endeavor to keep my parish free from it," was the Vicar's resolute reply.