"Are there many like you that come out?"
"Oh, yes," replied Betty brightly. "We are, as a rule, young ladies or young men. Have you never met a missionary before?"
"No, several times they have asked to see me, but I have told my secretary that I was too busy."
"And yet you have allowed other people to preach against us, and you didn't know us?"
The girl's tone was sadly reproachful as she looked at the preacher earnestly.
Dr. McLeod was annoyed with himself for feeling embarrassed before this slip of a girl.
"Well, yes, you see, these lecturers are very well-known and intelligent people. I have to rely on other brains sometimes. I'm a very busy man."
"They may be well-known and intelligent, Dr. McLeod, but they are very wicked people—for they don't tell the truth about us."
"Would you be willing to face one with that accusation?" asked Dr. McLeod thoughtfully.
"Yes, indeed, I would."