to give him what he might like. After
that she did not speak, but her face
grew very rosy while she sat in silence
listening to her father and their guest.
Henry Roberts forgot to eat, in the passion
of his theological arguments, but as
supper proceeded he found his antagonist
less alert than usual; the minister
defended his own doctrines instead of
attacking those of his host; he even
admitted, a little listlessly, that if the
Power fell upon him, if he himself spoke
in a strange tongue, then perhaps he
would believe--"that is, if I could be
sure I was not out of my mind at the
time," he qualified, dully. Philippa
took no part in the discussion; it would
not have been thought becoming in
her to do so; but indeed, she hardly
heard what the two men were saying.
She helped old Hannah carry away
the dishes, and then sat down by the
table and drew the lamp near her
so that she could sew; she sat there
smiling a little, dimpling even, and
looking down at her seam; she did not
notice that John Fenn was being worsted,
or that once he failed altogether to
reply, and sat in unprotesting silence
under Henry Roberts's rapt remembrances.