"Yes, I've thought that, too."
She looked at him reassured.
"Ah! I have ceased to be troubled at minor differences of creed; but when we are young, we are less—catholic," she smiled, and then grew grave. "I hope you will never say anything to unsettle the faith of the little girls."
"Oh, I shouldn't dream— But Val has not been confirmed, I understand."
"No; I don't believe any longer in pressing these things."
"She would have required pressing?"
"She has not developed any great concern about spiritual matters. And yet, as a child, she was much occupied about religion. Not as you and Emmie were. With Val it was all the wrong way up."
"Wrong way—"
Mrs. Gano nodded, reflectively.