She rose and walked over to the window and looked out.

Virginia came and stood by her.

The street was crowded with life and the two young women looked at it silently for a moment.

Suddenly Virginia broke out as Rachel had never heard her before: "Rachel, what does all this contrast in conditions mean to you as you ask this question of what Jesus would do?
It maddens me to think that the society in which I have been brought up, the same to which we are both said to belong, is satisfied year after year to go on dressing and eating and having a good time, giving and receiving entertainments, spending its money on houses and luxuries and, occasionally, to ease its conscience, donating, without any personal sacrifice, a little money to charity.

I have been educated, as you have, in one of the most expensive schools in America; launched into society as an heiress; supposed to be in a very enviable position.
I'm perfectly well; I can travel or stay at home.