_Josephine_.--"It would have been better, Mark, if you had beenequally afraid of offending God."

Mark was on the point of ridiculing her, as he always did, but herecollected Andrew and Julia, and was silent.

_Josephine_.--(Kindly.)--"But is it not truthful, Mark? would itnot be better to fear God, than to be always offending him?"