Of course, it's impossible that everybody in the town sha'n't be surprised at the sudden change that has come over Mr.
Bartram, but it ought to comfort you to know that all the better people in the town are very glad to learn of it, and that his example is making them very much ashamed of themselves, and that, instead of the meetings being conducted almost entirely by him and Sam Kimper, hereafter--" "Him and Sam Kimper! Mother! the idea of mentioning the two persons in the same day!--in the same breath! How can you ?" "Well, dear, they will no longer manage the meetings by themselves, but a number of the older citizens, who have generally held aloof from such affairs, have resolved that it is time for them to do something, so Reynolds will very soon be a less prominent figure, and I trust you will hear less about him.

But don't--I beg of you, don't visit your displeasure on that poor girl.

You can't imagine that she had anything to do with her father's conversion, can you, still less with that of Mr.Bartram?
Now, do dry your eyes and try to come back to your work and be cheerful.

If you can't do more, you at least can be human.

Don't disgrace your parentage, my dear.