"Til try," said Len briskly, and Og and Magog jumped up in gay expectation.
"What is God, anyhow?" asked Jack.
"Y'd better let my father hear y'," replied Lennie, with a dangerous nod of the head.
"No, but I mean it. Suppose Herbert had died. I want to know what God is."
Jack still had the inner darkness of that room in his eyes.
"I'll tell y'," said Len briskly. "God is a Higher Law than the Constitution."
Jack thought about it. A higher law than the law of the land. Maybe!—The answer left him cold.
"And what is self?" he asked.
"Crikey! Stop up another night! It 'ud make ye sawney.—But I'll tell y' what self is."
"Self is a wilderness of sweets. And selves
They eat, they drink, and in communion sweet
Quaff immortality and joy."