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“It was a clear frosty night, very pleasant to be out in, though sharp and chill; such a night as brightens young eyes, and exhilarates young hearts, when all is well with them” (81).

I’m sensing some serious co-dependency in the Rider household. This is fascinating!

Finished The Rector! (Only 35 pages.) Golly, that packed a punch! I think it would make a GREAT story for a discussion. There is so much more to being a clergyman than simply having a knowledge of biblical languages and the biblical text. The pastoral care takes real knowledge and experience and practice.

"His mother was, let us say, a hundred years or so younger than the Rector. If she had been his bride, and at the blithe commencement of life, she could not have shown more inclination to know all about Carlingford. Mr Proctor was middle-aged, and preoccupied by right of his years; but his mother had long ago got over that stage of life..." (11).