"
"But as Brother Stevens said," continued John Cross, "where sin
gets into the heart, the eye is blinded to the truth. Now--"
"Her eye's not blinded, Brother Cross, I can tell you. They can't
cheat her with their books. She has none but the very best. I'll
answer for them. None of them ever did me any harm; and I reckon
none of them'll ever hurt her. But I'm mistaken, if you don't have
a real burning when you get to Mrs. Thackeray's."
"But, Sister Cooper--" commenced the preacher.
"Yes, Brother Cross," replied the dame.
"Books, as I said before, are of two kinds."
"Yes, I know--good and bad--I only wonder there's no indifferent
ones among 'em," replied the lady.
"They should be examined for the benefit of the young and ignorant."
"Oh, yes, and for more besides, for Mrs. Thackeray's not young,
that's clear enough; and I know there's a good many things that
she's not ignorant of. She's precious knowing about many things
that don't do her much good; and if the books could unlearn her,
I'd say for one let her keep 'em. But as for looking at Margaret's
books--why, Brother Cross, you surely know Margaret?"
The preacher answered meekly, but negatively.
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