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"I will do what I can," said Lambert; "but I've seen her taken down so many times, I'm a little doubtful She's in a bad way, I admit It has its bad side as well as its pretty side, this religion It unhinges a lot of people, and I reckon Clarke's a little off or he wouldn't have got my folks into that mess"

"Don't let Viola feel your doubt; present a confident face to her There is nothing supernatural in the world, nothing lying outside of nature or outside of law Many diseases which were once considered demoniacal possessionsto be quite as natural as any other in fact Disease is only health gone wrong; and the mental disorder in which Viola now stands is certainly curable if we proceed properly and with confidence"

"I like to have you say these things, professor They kind o' fit in hat I've thought over all by myself out there in theis so-and-so, because I can prove it' That's what science is, I take it There's altogether too ion--it needs soet down to the bed-rock Clarke is the kind ofit a good deal of thought, and may be I will sohter as a subject However, we'll discuss that later You are tired and I'll show you your room and bath, and after you freshen up a bit we'll discuss our next ned to hi in you, professor I'm out o' lectedI should have asserted hts I don't blame Julia as ious, you ot hold of Julia in a way that I couldn't understand I didn'tmore of Waldron than of me--that's natural, we all have our first loves--but I couldn't stand Clarke's overbearing ways in rew firm "Well, now, here I am with time andfor the Western man was raised almost to affection, as he looked into his earnest, remorseful eyes and listened to his low-toned confession "Youhis hand in token "Your step-daughter interestsfor you to do, but I will not ask it now"