I don't know him myself, except for meeting him at the lectures.

Yes, I've heard he's sometimes almost mad about religious subjects.' Egremont told the story about Bunce's child, which he had had from Mrs.
Ormonde.

And this led him on to speak of his purpose in this new course of lectures.

After describing his plan: 'And that matter of religion is one I wish to speak of most earnestly.
I think I can put forward a few ideas which will help a man like Bunce.
He wants to be made to see the attitude of a man who retains no dogma, and yet is far more a friend than an enemy of Christianity.

I think that lecture shall come first.' He had not yet made ready his syllabus.