'That is Faith's answer.'
'And then, the word is, "Blessed is every one that feareth the Lord;" it is true of nobody else, I suppose.'
'My dear, is that the answer of Experience?'
'I do not know, ma'am.' But Esther's smile gave a very convincing affirmative. 'But the promise is, "No good thing will He withhold from them that walk uprightly."'
'There you have it. "No good thing;" and, "from them that walk uprightly." Miss Disbrow, when you were getting well of that fever, did your mother let you eat everything?'
'Oh no, ma'am; not at all.'
'What did she keep from you?'
'Nearly everything I liked, ma'am.'
'Was it cruelty, or kindness?'
'Kindness, of course. What I liked would have killed me.'