"Why, yes, I suppose so; that is, so far as I can be said to have a reason. I don't reason about these matters."
"Will you tell me which one of the three reasons you gave is yours?"
"Were you educated for the bar, Miss Benedict? Since you press me, I must say that a mixture of all three might be found revolving about my inner consciousness. I rarely trouble myself with the subject. That is foolish. I suppose; but it is really no more foolish than I am about many things. Then so far as I may be said to have plans, what little I know of the Bible is dreadfully opposed to the most of them, and, well, I don't more than one third believe in any of the professions which are being lived about me."
"But you believe in the Bible?"
"Oh, I believe it is a fine old book, which has some grand reading in it, and some that is very dull, and I know as little about it as the majority of men and women."
"Oh, then let me put the question a little differently: Do you believe in Jesus Christ?"
"Believe in him!"
"Yes, as one who once lived in person on this earth, and died on a cross, and went back to heaven, and is to come again at some future time?"
"Oh, yes; I have no particular reason for doubting prophecy or history on those points. I'm rather inclined to think the whole story is true."
"Do you think his character worthy of admiration?"