“Mr. Fenwick,” he said, as he entered the study, “you look sober.”
“Yes, Brother Ainsworth, my heart is heavy.”
“Deacon Crane has called upon you?”
“Yes. He grieved me very much by telling me that the people wanted a change.”
“Which means that he wants a change.”
“He assured me that he and Mrs. Crane stood by me. He said it was the younger people who were getting uneasy.”
“Mr. Fenwick, Deacon Crane has for months been trying to get up an opposition to you.”
“Can this be so?”
“Yes. He has not met with very good success. I don’t think there are more than half a dozen persons besides himself that want a change, and those are members by no means prominent.”
“But why should he be so desirous of having me leave?”