"Oh, but I mean both of us—to help each other."
"Why, Nell, I know you'll never go wrong——"
She gave him a little impatient shake. "You will not understand me, Phil. We will try to be better than we've ever been. To be good—don't you know what that means?—in every way, before God."
Her voice dropped very low, and he was for a moment overawed. "You mean going to church, Nell?"
"I mean—yes, that for one thing; and many other things."
"That's dropping rather strong upon a fellow," he said, "just at this moment, don't you think, when I must say yes to everything you say."
"Oh, I don't mean it in that way; and I was not thinking of church particularly; but to be good, very good, true and kind, in our hearts."
"You are all that already, Nell."
"Oh, no, not what I mean. When there are two of us instead of one we can do so much more."
"Well, my pet, it's for you to make out the much more. I'm quite content with you as you are; it's me that you want to improve, and heaven knows there's plenty of room for that."