Then her ideas are so crude and uncommon, and she is so frankly outspoken, that I become actually nervous when I am with her.

I really believe Mr.Wynkoop seeks to avoid meeting her, she has shocked him so frequently in religious matters." "Does she make light of his faith ?" "Oh, no, not that exactly, at least it is not her intention.

But she wants to know everything--why we believe this and why we believe that, doctrines which no one else ever dreams of questioning, and he cannot seem to make them clear to her mind.

Some of her questions are so irreverent as to be positively shocking to a spiritually minded person." They lapsed into silence, swinging easily to the guidance of the music.
His face was grave and thoughtful.

This picture just drawn of the perverse Naida had not greatly lowered her in his estimation, although he felt instinctively that Miss Spencer was not altogether pleased with his evident interest in another.