Should she now renounce her husband's sect, refusing to suffer with them?
She had not as yet fortitude to do this.

Halsey's eyes, the touch of his hand, her baby's voice lisping the tenets of their faith in repetition of his father's solemn tones, these were sights and sounds as yet too near her.
To her shocked fancy the child and his father were only gone out of sight, but near enough to be cruelly hurt by her public perversion.

And, moreover, if she should take this course she must write to Ephraim at once, for she could not well remain where she was without definite purpose in view.
Susannah had sought seclusion in which to think, and the younger son of the house intruded himself.

He was perhaps about thirty years of age, a burly man, resolute and passionate.

He spoke fairly enough.