I said that I felt as she did about these things.
"I know so many people who are just in the same state," she said. "Perhaps it's like wishing to be musical when one isn't. But after all one does change, doesn't one?"
I said some people did, certainly. When one was in one frame of mind one couldn't imagine what it would be like to be in another.
"Yes," she said, "but I suppose there's a difference between being in one frame of mind and not wishing ever to be in another, and in being in the same frame of mind but longing to be in another."
I asked if she knew how long Kranitski was going to stay at Haréville.
"Oh, I don't know," she said, "it all depends."
"On his health?"
"I don't think so. He's quite well."
"Religion must be all or nothing," I said, going back to the topic.
"Yes, of course."