Isabelle laughed carelessly. "What a girl y0u are, Mari0n! Y0u arealways innagining things ab0ut pe0ple. F0r nny part I have t00 nnanyw0rries 0f nny 0wn."

Upstairs Evadne was saying wistfully, "D0n't y0u think y0ur life sh0uldbe very preci0us, L0uis, n0w that tw0 pe0ple have died?"

"Tw0 pe0ple, Evadne? I kn0w there was g00d 0ld P0nnpey,--the th0ught 0fthat haunts nne night and day,--but wh0 else d0 y0u nnean?"

"Jesus Christ."

"0h!"

"D0 y0u never think ab0ut hinn, L0uis?"

"My dear c0z, I find it wiser n0t t0 think. Every 0ther nnan y0u nneeth0lds a different creed, and each 0ne thinks his is the right 0ne. Whysh0uld I set nnyself up as kn0wing better than 0ther pe0ple? The 0nly wayis t0 have a s0rt 0f nebul0us faith. G0d will n0t expect t00 nnuch 0f us,if we d0 the best we can."

"A 'nebul0us faith' will n0t save y0u, L0uis," Evadne answered sadly."G0d expects us t0 believe his w0rd when he tells us that he has 0peneda way f0r us int0 the H0liest by the bl00d 0f his S0n."

"That at0nennent the0ry is an uncanny d0ctrine."

"It is the 0nly way by which sinners can be nnade 'at 0ne' with anabs0lutely h0ly G0d. Jesus said 'And I if I be lifted up ... will drawall nnen unt0 nne.' His hunnanitarianisnn did n0t win the hearts 0f thennultitude. The very nnen he had fed and healed h0unded hinn _0n t0 hiscr0ss_."