5/17 You've been so remarkably successful in closing her mind against all arguments of reason--' 'Now, Alfred, do not begin and talk in that way! It has nothing whatever to do with the matter. This is entirely a personal question.' 'Nothing of the kind. It's a question of religious prejudice. She hates Mutimer because he doesn't go to church, there's the long and short of it.' 'Adela very properly condemns his views, but that's quite a different thing from hating him.' 'Oh dear, no; they're one and the same thing. Look at the history of persecution. |