"Whiles it is not possible to do that—but he made me the same promise, and he'll keep it, if his father will let him."
"Father is not at all quarrelsome, Aunt."
"Isn't he, dear? I'm very glad to hear it."
"You ought to know, Aunt; you have lived with him for——"
"Nearly eighteen years, and I am not settled in my mind yet on that subject."
"If people attack Father's creed, it is right for him to be angry. Donald ought to have kept his opinions to himself."
"That is the hardest kind of work, Marion. I know, for I've been trying to do it ever since you were born. Yes, Marion, I have, and it is hard work to-day."
"What makes you try it, Aunt?"
"The same reason as stirs Donald up."
"Calvinism?"