“Well, we differ in belief; we had better compromise.”
“We dare not barter a little soul to do it.”
“Well, briefly then, being lord of this home, I command that the grace-giving sacrament be sought for our Mary.”
“My faith, to which thou didst first appeal, forbids fathers to command their children to walk through idolatrous fires. Marah shall not.”
“Hush; I only want the loved one inducted into the true faith.”
“Mine is the older and truer.”
“With thee argument is futile; I insist——”
“If the father is a foreigner, Jewry’s rule is that the children are to be called by the mother’s name and regarded as of her family. Make such law as thou choosest for thy family but not for mine.”
“I’ll end this,” cried Sir Charleroy, seizing the child, as if to hasten then to seek some priest’s ministry.
Rizpah’s eyes glittered with sullen purpose. She sprang before him, and hissed: