Mrs. Wharton.

[Overcome.] Oh, John!

Sylvia.

But you came to church yesterday.

John.

That was just a formal ceremony. I assisted passively, as a Jew might assist at the wedding of one of his Christian friends.

Sylvia.

You stood when we stood, and knelt down, and seemed to pray.

John.

I would do that if I were in a Roman Catholic church. That seemed to me only good manners. [With a smile.] Do you think it was very deceitful?