"Oh! don't laugh. It's terribly serious. You have—I don't know where you learnt it—such a terrifying plausibility in your case against Providence. Nothing strikes at faith like a perverted mysticism."
"Name one instance!"—a little bitterly. "I'm beginning to forget what I did say."
"Well, you say that the most obvious result of punishment is to destroy the sense of guilt."
"So it is."
"Yes—perhaps. But——"
"In short, one may bear witness for your God, but not against Him?"
"I know I must sound illogical to you. It is so hard to explain."
"Don't try, please."
She was silent awhile, staring into the fire. "Mr. Ingram, you've heard, perhaps, that my life has not been a happy one.
"A word here and there. Que sais-je?"