It must be ours to escape him and abide at home." "And how can we compass that ?" "For thee it will be easy," answered Cherry.

"Thou must promise Walter Cole to assist him with some task of printing or binding that same evening, and tell my father that thou art not seasoned to long discourses, and hast no desire to fill the room of another who would fain hear the words of life from the notable man.

There will be more crowding to hear him than the room will hold, so that it will be no idle plea on thy part.

Once thou art gone I can yawn and feign some sort of ache or colic that will make me plead to go to bed rather than attend the preaching.

Aunt Susan will scold and protest it is but mine idleness and sinfulness in striving to avoid the godly discourse; but father will not compel me to go.