"But, Mr. Murray!" put in Flora. "Just to speak about things?"
"Time enough to-morrow, Miss Flora. And this is the Lord's time, you know."
"But just talking—not doing anything?"
"Doing a good deal in imagination. What's the difference? Study the fifty-eighth chapter of Isaiah, the last two verses. Sir Matthew Hale gave it as his testimony, that he found business concocted on Sunday did not run off well in the week. No, we will leave the question till to-morrow at breakfast, if you please."
"I can't understand it!" said Flora, as she went upstairs.
"Study those verses in Isaiah," said Meredith, who overheard her.
CHAPTER XVIII.
A bright little party gathered round the breakfast table Monday morning.