"
"Why not?"
"It would seem like a complaint of Cecil. Besides--"
"Besides?"
"I don't think Julius is a Christian."
The startling announcement was made in so humble and mournful a
voice as almost to disarm Jenny's resentment; and before she had
recovered enough for a reply, she was called to take leave of her
parents.
Her brother was the professed object of her visit, and she was only
at the Hall because there was no accommodation at his lodgings, so
that she had no scruple in joining the early breakfast spread for
the Rector and his wife, so as to have the morning free for him; but
she found Julius alone, saying that his wife was tired after the
party; and to Jenny's offer to take her class, he replied, "Thank
you, it will be a great kindness if you will teach; but Rose has no
regular class. Teaching is not much in her line; and it is a pity
she should have to do it, but we have to make the most of the single
hour they allow us for godliness."
"Don't you utilize Mrs. Charnock? or is she not strong enough for
early hours?"
"Poor Anne! The truth is, I am afraid of her.
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