There was almost the suggestion of a smile about the savage mouth.
"A strange supper-party," he said.

"Cyril the Apostate; and Julius who strove against the High Priests and the Pharisees; and Inez a dancer before the people; and Joanna a daughter of the rulers, gathered together in the house of one Mary a servant of the Lord." "Are you, too, a Christian ?" he asked of Joan.
"Not yet," answered Joan.

"But I hope to be, one day." She spoke without thinking, not quite knowing what she meant.

But it came back to her in after years.
The talk grew lighter under the influence of Mary's cooking.

Mr.
Baptiste could be interesting when he got away from his fanaticism; and even the apostolic Mr.Simson had sometimes noticed humour when it had chanced his way.
A message came for Mary about ten o'clock, brought by a scared little girl, who whispered it to her at the door.