' I am taking it he did not intend one. You can employ one
adjective to qualify another, can't you?) 'And I will put it to her,
What difference can it make to the Almighty whether I go to church in
trousers or in breeches?'
"'I do not see,' retorted Mrs. St. Leonard somewhat coldly, 'that
Miss Robina is in any better position than myself to speak with
authority on the views of the Almighty'--which I felt was true. 'If
it makes no difference to the Almighty, then why not, for my sake,
trousers?'
"'The essential thing,' he persisted, 'is a contrite heart.' He was
getting very cross.
"'It may just as well be dressed respectably,' was his wife's
opinion. He left the room, slamming the door.
"I do like Janie the more and more I see of her. I do hope she will
let me get real chums with her. She does me so much good. (I read
that bit twice over to Ethelbertha, pretending I had lost the place.)
I suppose it is having rather a silly mother and an unpractical
father that has made her so capable. If you and Little Mother had
been proper sort of parents I might have been quite a decent sort of
girl. But it's too late finding fault with you now. I suppose I
must put up with you. She works so hard, and is so unselfish. But
she is not like some good people, who make you feel it is hopeless
your trying to be good. She gets cross and impatient; and then she
laughs at herself, and gets right again that way.
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