I should almost as soon think of hearing that Mr.Howard himself was absent as Alice." "That reminds me," said John, "of what you said concerning Mr.Howard and Alice.

There can't be any truth in it.

She surely does not fancy him." "Not as a lover," Anna replied.

"She respects him greatly, however, because he is a clergyman." "Is she then a very strong church woman ?" John asked.
"Yes, but not a bit of a blue," Anna replied.

"If all Christians were like Alice, religion would be divested of much of its supposed gloom.
She shows it everywhere, and so does not have to wear it on set occasions to prove that she possesses it.