No one seems to think it possible that I can save my soul unless I go into religion." "And you do not want to do that ?" "No, I never want to do it.

Not even when I have been a long time in Retreat and we have been happy and quiet, here, inside the walls.

And the life they lead here seems so little trouble; and one can lay aside that nightmare of the world to come.

I do not even want it then.

But when I go into the world, like last Sunday, Marcos, and see the shops, and Uncle Ramon and you, then I hate the thought of it.