But doubts on this point never troubled Random.

He went to church, kept his mouth shut and his pores open and vaguely believed that it would be all right somehow.

A very comfortable if superficial philosophy indeed.
It can easily be guessed that Random's somewhat colorless personality would never attract Lucy Kendal, since the hues of her own character were deeper.

For this reason she was drawn to Hope, who possessed that aggressive artistic temperament, where good and bad, are in violent contrast.

Random took opinions from books, or from other people, and his mind, like a looking-glass, reflected whatever came along; but Hope possessed opinions of his own, both right and wrong, and held to these in the face of all verbal opposition.