'Remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth.' "But Susan Posey, my dear, I think you hard better not break in upon the pious meditations of the Rev.Joseph Bellamy Stoker in his private study.

A monk's cell and a minister's library are hardly the places for young ladies.

They distract the attention of these good men from their devotions and their sermons.

If you think you must go, you had better take Mrs.Hopkins with you.

She likes religious conversation, and it will do her good too, and save a great deal of time for the minister, conversing with two at once.