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Wept Mary, his Lordship's visit having ended in strain and coolness: "How could you!. how COULD you? Knowing what he thinks--and him a guest in the house! And then to hold our poor little darling up to derision--for them to laugh and mock at--oh! it was cruel of you. cruel. I shall never forget it."
-"Pray would you have me refuse, when the opportunity offers, to bear witness to the faith that is in me? Who am I to shrink from gibes and sneers? Where would Christianity itself be to-day, had its early followers not braved scorn and contumely?"