Great Heavens! has the man got no notion of the perspective of history ?" "Perspective?
History?
It's the Bible, papa!" Indignation was in Phyllis' eyes, but there was a reverential tone in her voice.

Her father looked at her--listened to her.

In the pause he thought: "Good Heavens! What sort of a man is George Holland, who is ready to relinquish the love and loveliness of that girl, simply because he thinks poorly of the patriarchs ?" "He attacks the Bible, papa," resumed Phyllis gravely.

"What horrible things he said about Ruth!" "Ah, yes, Ruth--the heroine of the harvest festival," said her father.
"Ah, he might have left us our Ruth.

Besides, she was a woman.