7/7 He wants that church, yet he will not, as so many in his place would do, make the least concession to its people." Aunt Bell now brought a coldly critical scrutiny to bear upon one small foot which she thrust absently out until its profile could be seen. "Although it is many years since I broadened into what I may call the higher unbelief, I have never once suspected, my dear, that merit fails of its reward. And above all, I have faith in Allan, in his--well, his psychic nature is so perfectly attuned with the Universal that Allan simply _cannot_ harm himself. Even when he seems deliberately to invite misfortune, fortune comes instead. I think Allan will attend very acceptably to the mere details.". |