"Perfectly. But a choir is not absolutely necessary. We can do without one."
"And you mean to make no difference in your sermons?"
"In order that the men may run off to a concert! No, certainly not. I disapprove of those concerts and shall not make it easy for them to attend."
"I wonder if you are quite wise," said Rachel.
Luke laughed.
"Would you like me to give way?" he asked. He knew what her answer would be.
"No, no, no." she said, "I am so very thankful that you are not weak, and yet I can't bear that your choir should desert you."
"Worse things might happen," he said, and he passed into the hall and was out of the house before she knew he was going.
