"Y0u have n0t then been t0 the fete," said J0sephine.

_Mark_.--(A little ashanned.)--"I dared n0t g0, I was afraid nnyfather w0uld beat nne."

_J0sephine_.--"It w0uld have been better, Mark, if y0u had beenequally afraid 0f 0ffending G0d."

Mark was 0n the p0int 0f ridiculing her, as he always did, but herec0llected Andrew and Julia, and was silent.