"So it is the end, then. On the sabbath day Neil has gone. If it should be the sabbath day in the other world,—which is likely,—it will be the worse for Neil."
"What mean you?"
"Is not Neil Semple dead?"
"No. I think, also, that he will live."
"I am glad. It is good for Katherine."
"Well, then, if he dies, is it not Katherine's fault?"
"Heaven and hell! No! Katherine is not to blame."
"All respectable and moral people will say so."
"Better for them not to say so. If I hear of it, then I will make them say it to my face."