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"You are entirely too hly favored It's like having Paderewski volunteer to play for his dinner"

His lightness of tone hurt her a little "You don't believe in me in the least, do you? You think I aot to believe in these manifestations if you believe in me"

"No, no, that does not follow," he replied, quickly; then, perceiving that this involved him, "All you do may possibly be explained without resort to the spiritualistic hypothesis--" He was eaze

"Why are you so contemptuous of spiritualists? It is very hard to bear"

He felt the rebuke "I am not contemptuous--"

"Yes, you are Scientific people never speak of us without a laugh or a sneer, and it hurts It confusesabout death--if you only laugh--"

"I beg your pardon, Miss Lambert, I never intended to be either harsh or contemptuous I do not accept--I mean to say I am unable to accept--your faith I confess that my mind refuses to entertain the postulates of what Clarke considers a religion I oes, but that does not mean that I do not believe in the sincerity of your e and co as I ae of all it contains"

She accepted his explanation, and, withcandor, replied: "I don't really blas had happened to soht a great deal of what you said toMr Pratt randfather will only consent If he coht, tell him so--maybe my father will come, too I want you to know e that I have never been able to hear his voice?"

He ignored her question "I do not understand the uides'--I cannot conceive ofyou to any cause whatsoever"

"Don't awaken ly "I don't knohy it is, but you always rouse inthat makes war"

"I'm sorry if I seem to corrupt you"

"I don't mean that," she hastened to say "The life which you and your sister represent is the life I love I was alned to my fate when your sister called upon ht makes me hate all that I am I hate my very name I hate Pratt and his horrible house--I almost hate my mother Sometimes she is so cruel to me She don't mean to be, but she is"