Danger in the Dark - ZseZse

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DANGER IN THE DARK.
better favored than Dupin; I 'd as soon risk going to
old Scratch!"
" Maria, it is certainly the first time I ever saw
you show a suspicious disposition toward anyone; I
always thought you too unsuspecting, too confiding!"
" I know not why it is, but it seems to me I plainly
read deceit in the face of that priest; hypocrisy shows
itself in the very tones of his voice."
"Come now, that's only conceit - nothing more!"
" It may be so; but I can't help my feelings."
"Mr. Dupin is not a handsome man, but he may be
a good one."
"'T isn't every ugly man that's good."
"Very tr e; we should be blessed with no small
amount of goodness in this world if that were the
.
case."
Notwithstanding Anna Maria's aversions, her
mother prevailed upon her to attend the Catholic worship.
Being naturally, as has been before observed,
devotional in the tendency of her mind, she was
readily affected and deeply impressed by the imposing
ceremonies that characterize the public services
in papal churches. This means, together with the
frequent conversations of Dupin, urging the necessity
of their embracing the Catholic faith, finally
won over both mother and daughter to that system;,
though it was a considerable length of time before
they united with the church. The designing priest