"And may He restore you to His Church," responded she, out of the fulness of her heart. The next moment she feared lest this answer to his blessing might be irreverent, wrong--might hurt him as coming from his daughter, and she threw her arms round his neck. He held her to him for a minute or two. She heard him murmur to himself, "The martyrs and confessors had even more pain to bear--I will not shrink."
They were startled by hearing Mrs. Hale inquiring for her daughter. They started asunder in the full consciousness of all that was before them. Mr. Hale hurriedly said "Go, Margaret, go. I shall be out all to-morrow. Before night you will have told your mother."
"Yes," she replied, and she returned to the drawing-room in a stunned and dizzy state.
'And may He restore you to His Church,' responded she. The next moment she feared lest this answer might hurt him, and she threw her arms round his neck. He held her for a minute. She heard him murmur to himself, 'The martyrs and confessors had more pain to bear - I will not shrink.'
They were startled by hearing Mrs. Hale inquiring for her daughter. Mr. Hale hurriedly said:
'Go, Margaret, go. I shall be out all tomorrow. Before night you will have told your mother.'
'Yes,' she replied, and returned to the drawing-room in a stunned and dizzy state.