"I've never been to the theatre," said Paul frankly.
The other nodded slowly in his meditative fashion. "So?" he queried.
"Yes," said Paul. "My people are against it. They say the stage is immoral. I don't know...."
"Then so are newspapers," said Strether, "and so's Cambridge too for the matter of that."
"That's different," objected Paul.
Strether laid down his knife and fork. "Going to the P.M., Sunday?" he queried.
"Yes, I expect so," said Paul. "Why?"
"I'll come with you, if you'll come with me to The Mikado. I've never been to a P.M. My people say prayer meetings make religion too emotional."
Paul got up dubiously. He looked out of the window.
After all, there were, it seemed, many points of view in the world. Ought he to see none other than his father's? And besides, if this would get Gus Strether to a prayer meeting ...