"She talks," said Mr. Wycherly, "of being a teacher of dancing—but it seems to me that in that case her education is rather thrown away."
"A teacher of dancing!" Curly repeated ironically. "I think I see her teaching dancing for long."
"She came to me last night," Mr. Wycherly continued, as though he had not heard, "and asked abruptly, 'Do you think one can serve God and dance for a living?'"
"Ah," said Curly, "that's a different thing; and what did you say, sir?"
"I fear," said Mr. Wycherly humbly, "that I made no very definite answer."
"I should like to know what you think," Curly persisted. "You consider dancing to be one of the beautiful and delightful arts?"
"I do."
"And in Jane-Anne that art finds the subtlest and most delicate expression?"
Mr. Wycherly groaned.
"Why should she not serve God as well in that way as in any other?"