But now these beginnings had become something of a joke between them and the congregation had learned to accept them with amused tolerance. They always made Sophia think how much more Mark would be appreciated in a different sort of parish, though she never said anything about it now.
Mark's work lay here
If he felt that his work lay here it was not for her to question his decision but she sometimes wished that something might happen to make him change his mind.
But now these beginnings had become something of a joke between them and the congregation had learned to accept them with amused tolerance. They always made Sophia think how much more Mark would be appreciated in a different sort of parish, though she never said anything about it now.</s>If he felt that his work lay here it was not for her to question his decision but she sometimes wished that something might happen to make him change his mind.</s>Mark's work lay here