“Certainly.”
“Why, that’s strange; I never thought of that.”
“It is strange, too,” said Katherine, “that I never thought of going back.”
“And—and,” said the young man, “won’t you go?”
She pressed his arm, and stood motionless.
“Where thou goest, I will go. Thy people shall be my people.”
“That’s a quotation, I suppose?” said George.
“It is,” answered Katherine.
“Well, you see, as I told you, I am not very well read up on the books of the day.”
“I don’t know whether you would call that one of the books of the day or not,” said Katherine; “it is from the Bible.”