A SABBATH DAY'S WORK The Sabbath that followed the sugaring-off was to Maimie the most remarkable Sabbath of her life up to that day.

It was totally unlike the Sabbath of her home, which, after the formal "church parade," as Harry called it, in the morning, her father spent in lounging with his magazine and pipe, her aunt in sleeping or in social gossip with such friends as might drop in, and Harry and Maimie as best they could.
The Sabbath in the minister's house, as in the homes of his people, was a day so set apart from other days that it had to be approached.

The Saturday afternoon and evening caught something of its atmosphere.

No frivolity, indeed no light amusement, was proper on the evening that put a period to the worldly occupations and engagements of the week.

That evening was one of preparation.