Chapter 4

"Heaven forbid!" thought Sally Chase. Mrs. Brabant was one of her pet aversions, anyway; and just now she seemed rather more absurd than usual. "My idea is to have him feel he _isn't_ taking us with him." Schuyler Chase's wife couldn't resist sounding this note again. "Every man, particularly every minister, needs to get away from the thought of his parish for a while. Never mind"-- she was aware of Mrs. Brabant's growing indignation--"he'll be as delighted to come back as he is to go." "You ought to be going with …