"Raise two hundred thousand, and I'll double it," he said abruptly, and hung up the receiver.

"We want a new organ--something really fine, you know," he observed casually as he turned back to Gabriella.

"We are moving--everything is moving up, and the church has to keep step with the age.

You can't keep progress out of religion any more than you can out of business--not that I'm in favour of modernism or any of that stuff--but we've got to keep moving." He spoke with conviction, and there was no doubt that he sincerely believed himself to be an important factor in the religious movement of his country.

Then his tone changed to one of intimate friendliness and he asked: "Have you heard any music this winter?
If I'd only known about you, I'd have sent you tickets to the opera." "The children go sometimes," she answered.