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Now there arose a second reason for squeezing into an already overcrowded church. The persuasive and gentle eloquence of Mr. Sainway operated like a charm upon those accustomed only to the higher and dryer styles of preaching, and for a time the other churches of the town were thinned of their sitters.
'O, the pity of it! Such a dashing soldier so popular such an acquisition to the town the soul of social life here! And now! . . . One should not speak ill of the dead, but that dreadful Mr. Sainway it was too cruel of him!
Laura heard no more about the matter, however, for two or three weeks, when suddenly remembering it she asked her husband if any further objections had been raised. 'O Mr. Sainway. I forgot to tell you. I've made his acquaintance. He is not a bad sort of man.
Maumbry, in fashionable walking clothes, had usually been her husband's companion; but this was less frequent now. The close and singular friendship between the two men went on for nearly a year, when Mr. Sainway was presented to a living in a densely-populated town in the midland counties.
She had guessed nothing. 'That I think of retiring from the army. 'What! 'I have thought more and more of Sainway since his death, and of what he used to say to me so earnestly. And I feel certain I shall be right in obeying a call within me to give up this fighting trade and enter the Church. 'What be a parson? 'Yes. 'But what should I do? 'Be a parson's wife. 'Never! she affirmed.
'But how can you help it? 'I'll run away rather! she said vehemently; 'No, you mustn't, Maumbry replied, in the tone he used when his mind was made up. 'You'll get accustomed to the idea, for I am constrained to carry it out, though it is against my worldly interests. I am forced on by a Hand outside me to tread in the steps of Sainway.
Sainway walking down the High Street in earnest conversation. On his mentioning this fact to a caller he was assured that it was a matter of common talk that they were always together. The observer would soon have learnt this with his own eyes if he had not been told. They began to pass together nearly every day. Hitherto Mrs.
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