For it is written in God's Word, 'We should obey God, rather than men.'"
I saw my father go pale with anger. "You're an insolent girl!" he cried.
"And I have a good mind to give you a good whipping, to teach you to
respect your elders."
Paula looked at him with surprise. "I don't understand, uncle. Those words
are written in the New Testament."
"Show them to me," ordered my father.
Paula, glad to escape for a moment, ran for her Bible, which was always
beside her in our little bedroom. As she crossed the threshold, Teresa
entered to carry away the dishes. "What now? What's the matter?" said the
old servant as she looked at Paula's tearful face. "What on earth have you
been crying about, poor child?"
My father answered for her. "She's been guilty of most incredible
impertinence."
"That's strange," said the old servant. "That's not a bit like her, with
her happy, humble ways with all of us."
"That may be," said my father, "but it's just as I feared. She's got all
the ideas of her father's family. She talks of nothing but God and the
Bible and of her religion, and that's insupportable in this house."
"Oh, do go slow, sir," Teresa implored. "She's a mere child yet.
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