'Far be it from me to dispute with you, dear father,' she said; 'and it

is with reluctance that I offer an opinion at all adverse to your own
'Far be it from me to dispute with you, dear father,' she said; 'and it
is with reluctance that I offer an opinion at all adverse to your own.
But it seems to me impossible to connect these pastimes with heathenish
and superstitious rites; for though they may bear some resemblance to
ceremonials performed in honour of the goddesses Maia and Flora, yet,
such creeds being utterly forgotten, and their spirit extinct, it cannot
revive in sports that have merely reference to harmless enjoyment. Not
one, I am sure, of these worthy folk has the slightest thought of
impiety.'


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