I want to see if Parson meant what he said or if it was just a pulpit frill." Mr.Meredith's face quivered.

He had had a terrible hour alone in his study on the night Jem and Jerry had gone to town.

But he answered quietly.
"Whatever I felt, it could not alter my belief--my assurance that a country whose sons are ready to lay down their lives in her defence will win a new vision because of their sacrifice." "You do mean it, Parson.

I can always tell when people mean what they say.

It's a gift that was born in me.