"You will agree with me?" he exclaimed joyfully.
"You will agree with me."
"Do not expect that! Do not expect that I shall ever again believe in the old things."
"I expect you to believe in God, in the New Testament, in the Resurrection, in the answer to prayer."
"If I do not?"
"Then you will in the Life to come."
"But will this separate us?"
"You will need me all the more."
The light was fading: they could no longer see the green of the valley. A late bird fluttered into the boughs overhead and more petals came down.
"It is a nest," said David, softly, "a good thing to go home to, a night like this."