"But she is the only person of whom that is true in all Pleasant
Valley."
"How comes she to be an exception?"
Diana reflected again, but this time without finding an answer.
"Isn't it, that she has set her heart on what cannot fail her nor be insufficient for her?"
"Religion, you mean."
"I do not mean religion."
"What then?" Diana asked in new surprise.
"I mean—Christ."
"But—isn't that the same thing?"
"Not exactly. Christ is a person."