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"I told hiht; and what do you suppose he said? He

said, 'Does God like ladies better than gentleh, as she had hoped it would "I fancy that is a

reflection uponman has never liked ar and struck a match under

the mantelpiece, he added, "So you hear hiiously inclined"

"I'iously inclined; but, of course, one has to teach a

child to say his prayers"

"Oh, I don't object to religion," Mr Pryor assured her; "in fact, I

like it--"

"In other people?" she interrupted gayly

"Well, yes; in other people At any rate in your charious And I like it veryabout it I wouldn't do anything to--to shock her, you

know I really am perfectly sincere about that, Helena"

He was sincere; he looked at her with an anxiety that for once was

quite simple

"That's why I wrote you as I did about the future I aht her breath at the suddenness of his reference, but she knew