Mistress Penwick by Dutton Payne
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"How soon dost expect the chests with my lady's raiment, my lord?" "On the morrow they should be here." "'Tis then she will think of thy goodness, and I will put in a word for thee, and perchance thou wilt come to see if all things came, and 'twill give thee opportunity to speak of other things. She is wanting many things for the Chapel; she wishes to reopen it; and 'tis in matters of religion thy hot tempers will clash, for Mistress Penwick is a Roman Catholic, and thou art of the English Church." "Thou art a wise Janet! I will turn the people, and they shall become Catholics." "Nay, if thou dost undertake it, thy people will rise in arms against thee." "So be it, let her have her way. I'll bother her not in her simple ideas of religion." "Not so simple, my lord. Thou hast not seen the teachings of nine years take root and spread and grow as I have. Dost think she would allow thy Chaplain to bind thee to her? Nay, she will be wed by none but a priest. But she is kindly intentioned and feels sorry for thy poor Chaplain, who hath so hard a time to keep his flock together. I look any day for her to carry in a cross and hang it behind his pulpit, then--then he will faint away from fright of her." "Nay, Janet, he will fall down and worship it, and--her." |
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