"Yes, in general."
"The same as a foreign missionary, only he does not go out of the country?"
"He does his work in the city."
"But there are no heathen in New York."
"There are worse."
"Worse? what can be worse?"
"It is worse to see the light and refuse it, than never to have had the choice."
"Then I should think it would be better not to send missionaries to the heathen."
"Rotha, take my bonnet and cloak, dear, and put them away; and make me some tea, will you?"
"Why mother, it is not tea-time yet."