We have to suppose that Hester will do the same as other girls.' 'I hope not, Nicholas.' 'But why not ?' 'They are vain, and they adorn themselves, not in modest apparel, as St.
Paul says in First Timothy, chapter second, nor with shame-facedness and sobriety; but with braided hair and gold and pearls and costly array.' 'What has that to do with it ?' 'Oh, Nicholas!' 'She might be married without all those things.' 'You said you wanted her to be like other girls.' 'No, I didn't.

I said she would have to get married like other girls.
You don't want to make a nun of her.' 'A nun! I would sooner sit by her bedside and watch her die! My Hester a nun!' 'Very well, then.

Let her go out into the world----' 'The world, Nicholas! The world, the flesh, and the devil! Do they not always go together ?' He was much harassed and very angry.

He knew how unreasonable she was, and yet he did not know how to answer her.

And she was dishonest with him.