“Why not? Are not the words ‘Destruction shall fall upon them’?”
“I know. But you made it sound—to me, I mean—almost as if you were rejoicing personally at the thought of the destruction, as if you were longing almost eagerly for it to overwhelm the faithless.”
“I see. That is what you meant by fanatical?”
“Yes, I suppose so.”
After a long pause she said:
“Nobody has told me that till now.”
“Perhaps others didn’t feel it as I did.”
“I don’t know. What does one know about other people? Not even my guardian said anything. I never could understand——”
She broke off, then continued steadily:
“So you think I repelled people that day?”