'Why in the world?' said Katherine; 'I thought you liked your plaits
better.'
'Lizzie does not,' said Helen.
'Well,' said Katherine, 'I am sure I should never dream of doing such
a thing, only because Lizzie chooses to make a fuss.'
'Perhaps not,' said Helen.
There was a silence. Presently Helen said, 'I suppose Mr. Higgins's
next Sunday's paper will mention that the Mechanics' Institute was
honoured by the presence of the Miss Woodbournes!'
'Dear me, do you think so?' said Katherine, who could not guess from
her sister's manner what opinion she intended to express.
'I think it very probable indeed,' said Helen; 'such a sanction to
the education-without-religion system is not to be neglected.'
'System!' said Katherine, looking bewildered; 'how are we to sanction
anything?'
'Our station here, as the daughters of the clergyman, gives us some
weight,' said Helen; 'besides that, what each person does, however
trifling, is of importance to others.'
This was not very clearly expressed, and Katherine did not trouble
herself to understand it.
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