O Willie, you cheated!
But I didn’t cheat you!”
It sounded so ridiculous we all burst out laughing.
You cannot sing when you are angry; you cannot sing when you are mean; you cannot sing when you are scared. In other words, you cannot sing unless you feel in some degree faith, or hope, or charity.
I think of God as at the window of heaven. So long as he hears us singing he knows we are filled with a sweet and lovely spirit.
CONSOLATION.
WHEN Molly came home from the party to-night—
The party was out at nine—