“That was kindness, because it had to be shut up alone all Sunday while she was at chapel.”
“I believe it was only to make more rats for him to kill.”
“That’s not true, Will. You know Sister Tarbox is too poor to have her cottage cleared.”
“Well, let him look after his rats and cats—not me.”
“An elder must do his duty.”
“I hate elders and deacons and hymn-books. Yah! I’m done with religion, thank God.”
“Oh, Will, you mustn’t speak like that!”
“Fancy stewing in chapel in weather like this!”
“Isn’t this just the weather to thank God for?”
“No—it’s all silliness.”