“Do you go up Elm Place? Then let us walk together. Is this your first year here?”
“Yes,” answered Lilian.
“I hope you liked our clergyman and will come again.”
“I think mother will feel more at home.”
Miss Trenham smiled.
“I come here largely for my mother’s sake. I think the simple service comes nearer the heart of the older people. I like Trinity church, I like the service of the whole year round, and the music is fine. I like coming in the house of God with a reverent hymn. You are one of the newer scholars, are you not?”
“Yes, we came in August. My mother has a position in the household.” She would not sail under false colors. “And I am to study for a teacher.”
“Oh, then we’ll have a mutual bond. I am a teacher in the Franklin School.”
“Oh, I know where that is,” with a smile.
“You like your own school?”