But when it is the servant or employee who is the injured person he has no such remedy; yet surely, in Christ's eyes, his very dependence makes the duty of confession doubly imperative.

Some way must be devised whereby the Reverend Winthrop Oaklander could be made to perceive that Tutt & Tutt meant business, andequally imperative whereby Georgie would be impressed with the fact that not for nothing had she come to themthat is, to himfor help.

But before one could move a step the lamp in the ceiling winked out, the room was left in darkness unrelieved, and the accents of Number One were heard, coldly imperative.

Speech is seldom imperative, but understanding signals is as necessary to one's soul-happiness as air to the lungs.