[The Mormon Prophet by Lily Dougall]@TWC D-Link bookThe Mormon Prophet CHAPTER IV 8/9
She had struggled in a blind child-fashion to maintain a religion that would embrace her manifold life, but now it appeared that, after all, Ephraim endorsed the general view; his refusal to comply openly with it came of wilfulness, not unbelief.
The stronghold of her peace was gone.
"My papa never spoke to me about religion in that way, but I don't think he believed that." Ephraim thought of the weak and reckless young father, of the careless life broken suddenly by death. "He has learned the truth now," he said shortly. After a pause, in which she did not speak, he betook himself to his own rooms, leaving Susannah to the companionship of the lonely house, the howling wind, the gathering night, and a new fear of a state eternal and infernal, into which she might so easily slip.
Ephraim said so, and he would never have proclaimed what he would not comply with unless its truth were very sure. As for him, his self-despite was pain that rendered him oblivious of her real danger.
Where was his boasted justice? Gone before a breath of jealousy.
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