"I will let the horses go presently; but first I must talk a little more, because there is something that must be said. That was a barrier, a while ago; but it is not now. There is no need for either of us to overcome it or try to overcome it, for it does not exist. Lois, do you hear me? It does not exist."
"I do not understand," she said, in a dazed kind of way, turning towards him. "What does not exist?"
"That barrier—or any barrier—between you and me."
"Yes, it does. It is a barrier. I promised my dear grandmother—and if I had not promised her, it would be just the same, for I have promised to obey God; and he forbids it."
"Forbids what?"
"Forbids me, a Christian, to have anything to do with you, who are not a Christian. I mean, in that way."
"But, Lois—I am a Christian too."
"You?" she said, turning towards him.
"Yes."
"What sort of a one?"