XVII
A SUNDAY MORNING IN TOWN
"You ought not to leave the house—not this morning," protested Mrs. Galland when Marta was putting on her hat to start for the regular Sunday service of her school.
"The children expect me," Marta explained.
"Hardly, hardly this morning. They will take it for granted that you will not come."
But Marta thrust her hatpin home decisively.
"Jacky Werther will certainly be there. Though he were the only one to come, I would not disappoint him!" she said. "Heaven knows, mother, if there were ever a time for teaching peace it is to-day! And I can't remain inactive. Just to sit still and wait in a time like this—that is too terrible!"
"As you will!" Mrs. Galland responded with gentle resignation.