J^igh 
there are exceptions to all rules, M.'s apolo- 
getic Sabbath-breaker owned, and she there- 
upon learned that the limit of Digby's piety is 
the condition of her codfish, for if there should 
be a week of bad weather, and the fish in 
danger of spoiling, they may sun themselves of 
a Sunday without injury to the souls of their 
owners. 
M.'s informant was himself a member of the 
Church of England, because, as he explained, 
the " English " were not as strict as the Bap- 
tists and Methodists. He did not think it was 
wicked to sketch on Sunday, a statement which 
comforted M. greatly, as she was engaged at 
the time in that sinful Sunday occupation. 
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