Now, here was Mr.Gray, only last night, talking of the right every child had to instruction.

I could hardly keep my patience with him, and at length we fairly came to words; and I told him I would have no such thing as a Sunday-school (or a Sabbath-school, as he calls it, just like a Jew) in my village." "And what did he say, my lady ?" I asked; for the struggle that seemed now to have come to a crisis, had been going on for some time in a quiet way.
"Why, he gave way to temper, and said he was bound to remember, he was under the bishop's authority, not under mine; and implied that he should persevere in his designs, notwithstanding my expressed opinion." "And your ladyship--" I half inquired.
"I could only rise and curtsey, and civilly dismiss him.

When two persons have arrived at a certain point of expression on a subject, about which they differ as materially as I do from Mr.Gray, the wisest course, if they wish to remain friends, is to drop the conversation entirely and suddenly.

It is one of the few cases where abruptness is desirable." I was sorry for Mr.Gray.

He had been to see me several times, and had helped me to bear my illness in a better spirit than I should have done without his good advice and prayers.