She started and turned a little sick, but spoke almost directly
in a brave, clear manner:
'No! Cousin Manasseh. And it never will.'
'Then I must wait yet longer,' he replied, hoarsely, as if to
himself. 'But all submission — all submission.'
At last a break came upon the monotony of the long, dark winter.
The parishioners once more raised the discussion whether — the
parish extending as it did — it was not absolutely necessary for
Pastor Tappau to have help. This question had been mooted once
before; and then Pastor Tappau had acquiesced in the necessity, and
all had gone on smoothly for some months after the appointment of
his assistant, until a feeling had sprung up on the part of the
elder minister, which might have been called jealousy of the
younger, if so godly a man as
