He did not mean it ill.' 'I have heard of his praying--how under the cover of his cant about saving souls he scatters his old-womanish scandals an' abuses his betters.' 'He means well.

Indeed, indeed, he means well.' 'An' he prays for my mother--him! Says she's bred up thieves because she did not come here to learn better.

Says she's an atheist because she does not believe in Ephraim Shine.

He's said that, an' I'm here to make him eat his words.' Harry's whispering was almost shrill in the heat of his passion, and the singing of the hymn became faint and thin, so eager were the singers to catch a word of that most significant conversation.

Dick had not taken his eyes off the pair, and already had woven a very pretty romance about Chris and the young man.