And he said:
"You don't seem to see the point, Cornwallis. It's a miracle."
And I said:
"Why?"
And he said:
"Because this is the very identical Tommy I was always seeing in my dreams--the very identical one!"
I hadn't thought of that, but somehow taken it for granted. Then he pointed out it wasn't in the least a thing to take for granted, but the purest miracle that ever happened in the memory of man, and quite beyond human power to explain it in the world.
I said there might be people in the world who could, but he wouldn't hear of such a thing. He said:
"No--not in this world; but no doubt there are in the next."
And I said: