"No, you can't, Laddie.

But can you ever make her love you ?" "It takes time to find that out," said Laddie.

"I have got to try; so you be a woman and keep my secret a little while longer, until I find a way out, but don't bother your head about it!" "I can't help bothering my head, Laddie.

Can't you make her understand that God is not a myth ?" "I'm none too sure what I believe myself," said Laddie.

"Not that there is no God--I don't mean that--but I surely don't believe all father's teachings." "If you believe God, do other little things matter, Laddie ?" "I think not," said Laddie, "else Heaven would be all Methodists.