“But he’s not an unkindly man, Stephen.”
“No, he isn’t. But he’s a priest. And maybe the priest might be stronger than the man. Let’s keep on the safe side.”
“Let us wait,” said Ermine quietly.
“I don’t see how waiting is to help you, unless you wait till every body is dead and buried—and it won’t be much good going then.”
“Perhaps we may have to wait for the Better Country. There will be no sumners and sentences there.”
“But are you sure of knowing folks there?”
“Saint Paul would scarcely have anticipated meeting his friends with joy in the resurrection if they were not to know each other when they met. There are many passages in Scripture which make it very plain that we shall know each other.”
“Are you so sure of getting there yourself?” was the query put by Roscius, with raised eyebrows.
“I am quite sure,” was Ermine’s calm answer, “because Christ is there, and I am a part of Christ. He wills that His people shall be with Him where He is.”
“But does not holy Church teach rather different?” (Note 3.)