Mrs. A.
“My! Where can you have learnt all that stuff, Mrs. M.?”
Mrs. M.
“How benighted you are! From the holy book, from the Word of the Lord, from the Holy Ghost, and Jesus Christ themselves.”
Mrs. A.
“It does seem so droll to me, to hear you talk of “the Word of the Lord.” Why, I have been brought up to look upon the Bible as nothing better than an old newspaper.”
Mrs. O.
“Surely you only say this for the sake of hearing what Mrs. M. will say in return—you do not mean it?”
Mrs. A.
“La, yes! to be sure I do.”