He has an unpleasant way of writing, this father of yours, although he is a good man, for here he suggests that I am trying to trap you for a son-in-law, wherein I see the fat finger of that witch Riennes, who has so great a passion for the anonymous epistle.

Well, if he had said that I wished to trap you for a son, he would have shot nearer to the bulls'-eye, but for a son-in-law, as you know, it is not so.

Still, you must go; indeed, it is time that you went, now that you talk French so well, and have, I hope, learnt other things also, you to whom the big world opens.

But see, your father talks of your entering the Church.
Tell me, is this so?
If so, of course, I shall be happy." "No," said Godfrey, shaking his head.
"Then," replied the Pasteur, "I may say that I am equally happy.

It is not everyone that has a call for this vocation, and there are more ways of doing good in the world than from the floor of a pulpit.