“How can I do that if I go to church?”

“You can’t. That’s one reason why you’re not going to church.”

“Oh! And—are there other reasons?”

“Yes.”

“Perhaps you had better give a few of them. I don’t think the first one is especially convincing.”

“Well, another one is that I haven’t seen you for three days.”

She shook her head gravely.

“Go on, please.”