When I get to your age, possibly my ideas may change.

I don't for a moment wish to judge you or others; you apparently enjoy it, and it is a distraction from our serious work.

I say simply that it is an amusement which I do not understand.

You must remember that I entered the Order in consequence of a solemn vow of my dead father, that I regard the profession we make as a very serious one, and that my present intention is to devote my life entirely to the Order and to an active fulfilment of its vows." "That is all right, Gervaise," Ralph said good temperedly.

"Only I think it would be a pity if you were to turn out a fanatic.