"Personally I have never verified one. When you spoke of the reverend gentlemen for the first time, I said, 'Study the link!' There will be development in the link if—all the rest of it."
"There has been development, as I told you. The link is on his side now."
"That's remarkable, undoubtedly. Has it ever struck you that Harding was almost too successful a clergyman to be a genuinely holy man?"
"What do you mean?"
"There's a modesty in holiness that is hardly adapted to catch smart women."
"You used to go to hear Harding preach."
"And d'you know why I liked his sermons?"
"Why?"
"Because he understood doubt so well. That amused me. But the man who has such a comprehensive understanding of skepticism, is very seldom a true believer. One thing, though, Harding certainly does believe in, judging by a sermon I once heard him preach."
"And that is?"