If we meet again I shall win him for the white cross on the black mantle and the battle against the enemies of the faith." "But, Eva," interrupted her sister, still under the spell of astonishment, "such conversation amid the merry music of the pipers!" "'Wherever three Christians meet, even though they are only laymen, there is a church,' says Tertullian," Eva answered impressively.

"One need not go to the house of God to talk about the things which ought to be the highest and dearest to every one; and Heinz Schorlin--I know it from his own lips--is of the same opinion, for he told me voluntarily that he would never forget the few hours which we had enjoyed together." "Indeed!" said her sister thoughtfully.

"But whether he does not owe this pleasure more to the dancing than to the edifying conversation----" "Certainly not!" replied Eva, very positively.

"I can prove it, too; for later, after he had heard many things about St.Clare, the female counterpart of Francis, he vowed to make her his patron saint.

Or do you suppose that a knight changes his saints, as he does his doublet and coat of mail, without having any great and powerful motive?
Do you think it possible that the idle pleasure of the dance led him to so important a decision ?" "Certainly not.