I did not mean to enter into the question with you--to enter into any question with you.

I have no right to do so." "You have every right, Phyllis.

If I should cause offence to the least of the little ones of the flock with which I have been intrusted, it would be better that a millstone were hanged round my neck and that I were cast into the sea.

You have a right to ask and it is laid on me to answer." "Then I decline to avail myself of the privilege; I will ask you nothing, except to say good-by." "I will not say it, Phyllis, and I will not hear you say it.

Three months ago you told me that you loved me." "And I fancied that I did, but now----" "Ah! you think that you have the power to cease loving at a moment's notice?
You will find out your mistake, my child.