Clearly, if Canon Beecher was to be regarded as a type, she had no conception of the religious spirit of the Church of Ireland.

But was there anyone else like this clergyman?
He did not know, but he guessed that his friends the Quinns would think of the matter in somewhat the same way.

It seemed to him quite possible that in scattered and remote parishes this strangely unreasonable conception of Christianity might survive.

After a pause the Canon went on: 'You must not think that I do not love Ireland too.

I look forward to seeing her free some day, but with the freedom of the Gospel.