Driven to Rome, by an Ex-Anglican Clergyman [H W Probyn-Nevins]

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER V. Wisdom And Hypocrisy. The Doctor reported Mrs. Macdonald better tho next morning, and expressed great hopes that nothing serious would result from the fall and the general shock to her nervous system. Arthur had had quite enough of home, and after breakfast told his father he thought he should...
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER V. Wisdom And Hypocrisy. The Doctor reported Mrs. Macdonald better tho next morning, and expressed great hopes that nothing serious would result from the fall and the general shock to her nervous system. Arthur had had quite enough of home, and after breakfast told his father he thought he should go to Ramsgate and spend a few days with Mrs. Lewis, his aunt, before returning to town. Arthur, I hope you won't go: you will see the Lumleys and Anna, and they will try and twiddle you round to their views; and if you join the Church of Rome, I shall have neither son nor daughter. Well, father, I really am not quite a baby, and not half so near Rome as you High Church people; my views are more like Mr. Rashleigh's, he seems to make things fit in all round. My boy, I don't want to drive you, I hate tho thoughts of your going to Ramsgate, but I have been thinking over it last night, for I fancied you wouldpropose it, and if you insist on it, why go, but don't break your father's heart by deserting your Church. I am getting on in years and your sister's secession has shortened my life by many a day. Arthur hated scenes and felt for his father, while not by any means sympathising with his views of the question, so he assured him that he would infinitely rather his sister should not have turned Papist, and he would say what he could to prevent it if it was not too late. A few hours more saw him in the train on his road to Ramsgate. Our readers will perhaps wonder at the Vicar quietly consenting to his joining his sister, but we must let them look at the matter from Mr. Mac- donald's point of view. He knew he could not prevent their meeting elsewhere, especially when she was married, and so thought it would be preferable their doing so at his sis...