"Very proper," said Mrs. Denham, "that venerable book will do them no harm."
"They may read that," said Miss Susan, "and welcome. It will never make them miserable, nor keep them up late at night."
"Then, ladies, you are in want of two servants?"
"Yes," said Miss Susan, "and two who like to read the prayer-book better than the Bible, and won't go to hear any of the evangelicals."
"Shall we see you at church next Sunday; Mr. Cole is going to preach a charity sermon for our Sunday-school."
"What, have you a Sunday-school?"
"Yes, Mr. Cole felt compelled to set up one in self-defence, for he found the children all going off to a school kept by some of the evangelicals, and their parents followed them. We haven't many."
"For a Sunday-school," said Miss Dorothy, "in self-defence, there is some excuse, otherwise I would not give it my sanction; I hope you are very careful what you teach the children, otherwise you will lift them up with pride, and they will not work as servants ought to do."
"Mr. Cole won't have anything taught in the school but the Church catechism."