since i could see that miss barr feared that she had irretrievably sunk her reputation in my eyes by this confession that her feet had crossed the threshold of a dissenting establishmentis not this a nice contradiction of terms ? i assured her that if mrs. more could attend such a place without calling into question her loyalty to the church of england , i saw no reason why others could not do the same , and that , in fact , my best friends parents had advised me to go there myself , if ever i had the opportunity while in bath .