16/19 "May I quote another religion to you? I look forward to the time," she went on calmly, "when the best that I can give you or you can give me will ride upon a glance." "I used to feel more drawn to the ascetic achievement and its rewards," he remarked thoughtfully, "than I do now." "If I were not a Presbyterian in Canada," she told him, "I would be a Buddhist in Burma. But I have inherited the Shorter Catechism; I must remain without the Law." Finlay smiled. "They are the simple," he said. |