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St. Paul will furnish me with
more than one text eminently apposite.--Let me think--let me
see--hum--ah! yes."
And he fell to quoting from the Pauline epistles in Greek--to the lively
annoyance of his auditor, whose education, though solid did not include a
knowledge of those languages vulgarly known as "dead." She naturally
sought means to round on him.
"Might you not compromise yourself rather by such a sermon, James?" she
presently said.
"Compromise myself? Certainly not.--Pray, Jane, how?"
"By laying yourself open to the suspicion of a larger acquaintance with
the origin of those rumours than you are willing to admit."
The shaft went home.
"This is a mere attempt to draw me. You are disingenuous."
"Nothing of the sort," the lady declared. "My one object is to protect
you from criticism. And preaching upon gossip must invite rather than
allay interest, thus giving this particular gossip a new lease of
life. The application would be too obvious. Clearly, James, it would
be wiser to wait.


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