“I laid the scheme before him in all its details, and then––
“‘I’m with you,’ he said, ‘and I think I can see Knowles moving and Deacon Joe coming down off his high horse.’
“‘Possibly we could use Knowles,’ I suggested. ‘There’ll be a lot of detail.’
“‘But only as a kind of clerk,’ said Harry.
“As a kind of clerk, I agreed. ‘We shall need a number of clerks. I intend that every family within ten miles shall be visited at least once a week. We shall not 160 only let our light shine, but we shall make it shine into every human heart in this community. If they’re too callous we’ll punch a hole with our trusty blade and let the light in. The lantern and the rapier shall be our weapons.’
“Harry was full of enthusiasm. He had met Marie on the street, and she was glad to learn that he was going to work.
“‘Incidentally, I hope to win your grandfather’s consent,’ he had said to her.
“And she had answered: ‘If you could do that I should think you were an extremely able young man.’
“‘And worthy of the best girl living?’ Harry had urged.
“‘That’s too extravagant,’ Marie had said as she left him.