"
"I don't think you will do that."
"I only pray that all that seems burnt out of me by what I have
seen, and heard, and felt, may not come back with my strength."
"I could hardly pray that for you, Herbert," said Jenny. "Spirits
are wanted to bear a clergyman through his work, and though you are
quite right not to _go in_ for those things, I should be sorry if
you never enjoyed what came in your way."
"If I never was tempted."
"It need not be temptation. It would not be if your mind were full
of your work--it would only be refreshment. I don't want my boy to
turn stern, and dry, and ungenial. That would not be like your
Rector."
"My Rector did not make such a bad start, and can trust himself
better," said Herbert. "Come, Jenny, don't look at me in that way.
You can't wish me to go to York, and meet those rattling girls
again?"
"No, certainly not, though Sister Margaret told Rosamond they had
never had such a sobering lesson in their lives as their share in
the mischief to you."
"It was not their fault," said Herbert. "It was deeper down than
that.
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