"And do you not think she owes something to the other party concerned? don't you think she owes something to the gentleman she is to marry?"
"Yes, of course," said Dolly slowly. "I do not know exactly what, though; nor exactly what she owes to herself."
"Before taking any course of action, in a matter that is very important, shouldn't she look all round the subject? and see what will become of all these duties?"
"Certainly. But the first comes first."
"The first comes first. How does the first look to you?"
"The first is her duty to God."
"Well. What does her duty to God say?"
"I don't know," said Dolly very gravely. "I am all in a puzzle. Something in me says one thing, and something else in me cries out against it. Mrs. Jersey, the Bible says, 'Honour thy father and thy mother.'"
"Yes, and it says, 'Children, obey your parents.' But the next words that come after, are—'in the Lord.'"
"How is that?"