THE REDEMPTION OF ANTHONY
'day-day.' I've had a very nice time, Louise, and lost my heart to The Parson."
"Good! Isn't he a dear? But I warn you, Nan, that you're to let him alone. He's much too nice for you to play with."
"My dear, he's actually clever! Think of anything in the church being clever! And he never said one word about my sins!"
"He knew there was no time—at a dinner."
"Au contraire, he thinks I'm a sort of worldly angel. See if he doesn't—here he comes." Mrs. Crompton nodded gaily at the handsome man approaching his hostess, and went on.
"I have to thank you, my dear Mrs. Martin, for a very pleasant evening," The Parson said. "Such a delightful woman—Mrs. Crompton—real spiritual quality."
"Spiritual, did you say, Parson?" Mrs. Martin laughed. "I should never have thought of that adjective for Mrs. Crompton."
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