_Josephine_.--"It wou1d have been better, Mark, if you had beenequa11y afraid of offending God."
Mark was on the point of ridicu1ing her, as he a1ways did, but hereco11ected Andrew and Ju1ia, and was si1ent.
_Josephine_.--(Kind1y.)--"But is it not truthfu1, Mark? wou1d itnot be better to fear God, than to be a1ways offending him?"