"Oh, yes, I have indeed spoken ill of them; but is there not room for improvement in them?
Ah! Mary, silly Mary, why are you not a man, to carry a sword ?" "It is so heavy, I could not lift it!" said Mary smilingly.
"But you will lift it, when men are too worthless.

Did you give Jesus the lily that I found on the mountain?
I got up early to find it, and this morning the sun was so beautiful, Mary! Was He pleased with it?
Did He smile ?" "Yes, He was pleased.

He said that its smell reminded Him of Galilee." "But surely, you did not tell Him that it was Judas--Judas Iscariot--who got it for Him ?" "Why, you asked me not to tell Him." "Yes, certainly, quite right," said Judas, with a sigh.

"You might have let it out, though, women are such chatterers.

But you did not let it out; no, you were firm.