"Oh, yes--thank you." But as Mr. Hale was leaving the room, she ran after him.
"Papa--you must not wonder at what he says: he's an----, I mean he does not believe much in what we do."
"Oh dear! a drunken infidel weaver!" said Mr. Hale to himself, in dismay. But to Margaret he only said, "If your mother goes to sleep, be sure you come directly."
Margaret went into her mother's room. Mrs. Hale lifted herself up from a doze.

'Oh, yes - thank you.' But as Mr. Hale was leaving the room, she ran after him: 'Papa - you must not wonder at what he says: he's an - I mean he does not believe in much of what we do.'
'Oh dear! a drunken infidel weaver!' thought Mr. Hale, in dismay. But to Margaret he only said, 'If your mother goes to sleep, be sure you come directly.'
Margaret went into her mother's room. Mrs. Hale lifted herself up from a doze.
