‘It must be very nice,’ said Sheila, ‘to be brought up in an atmosphere like that.’
‘It would be,’ Hypatia murmured, but Mrs. Fairfield did not take up the challenge.
‘I wish you’d teach me your New Thought,’ begged Bunny of Hypatia.
‘Which is it, New Thought or Higher Thought?’ asked Sheila.
‘Neither,’ answered Edward. ‘It’s something newer and higher than either. Unfortunately you have to believe it implicitly before you can understand it to be anything but nonsense.’
‘You can be quiet, Edward,’ said his sister, ‘even if you can’t be just.’
‘But, really,’ protested the scared Bunny. ‘I am quite in earnest, Hypatia. I would listen respectfully to anyone’s religion, especially yours. Won’t you tell me about it?’
Hypatia relented. ‘I will, some time. It’s useless with Edward about.’
‘It was founded by a woman,’ said Edward, ‘and she’s written a book that is the beginning and end of all Truth. Read it, Bunny, read it and live.’
‘You see.’ Hypatia smiled patiently. ‘That’s what I have to put up with.’