"Emilius—" You would have thought that Aunt Lavvy had hit Mamma and hurt her.
Emilius took up his table napkin and wiped his moustache carefully. He was quite horribly calm.
"You will oblige me by not going there again," he said.
"You forget that I went every Sunday when we were in Liverpool."
"You forget that is the reason why you left Liverpool."
"Only one of the reasons, I think."
"Can you tell me what reason you have for going now? Beyond your desire to make yourself different from other people."
"Aren't Unitarians other people?"
She poured out a glass of water and drank. She was giving herself time.
"My reason," she said, "is that I have joined the Unitarian Church."