“I do not know,” she replied. “I greatly doubt it.”
“Did he ever attend the services of any church?”
“Never, to my knowledge.”
“Was he not an avowed unbeliever in religion?”
“He knew nothing about religion. I think he cared less,” was the frank reply.
“Did he not openly scoff at piety, and ridicule the Church?”
“I do not think he was sufficiently concerned about either of them to scoff at or ridicule them.”
She met his questions with such frankness and bluntness that Westgate, nettled more at the manner than at the matter of her replies, resolved to hit closer at the mark.
“You asked the rector to do what he did at the burial?”