Part 90 (2/2)
”It's a pity grandma is so sharp about things,” the latter remarked to her sister.
”Things?” said Lois. ”What things?”
”Well--people. Don't you like that Mr. Dillwyn?”
”Yes.”
”So do I. And she don't want us to have anything to do with him.”
”But she is right,” said Lois. ”He is not a Christian.”
”But one can't live only with Christians in this world. And, Lois, I'll tell you what I think; he is a great deal pleasanter than a good many Christians I know.”
”He is good company,” said Lois. ”He has seen a great deal and read a great deal, and he knows how to talk. That makes him pleasant.”
”Well, he's a great deal more improving to be with than anybody I know in Shampuashuh.”
”In one way.”
”Why shouldn't one have the pleasure, then, and the good, if he isn't a Christian?”
”The pleasanter he is, I suppose the more danger, grandmother would think.”
”Danger of what?”
”You know, Madge, it is not my say-so, nor even grandmother's. You know, Christians are not of the world.”
”But they must _see_ the world.”
”If we were to see much of that sort of person, we might get to wis.h.i.+ng to see them always.”
”By 'that sort of person' I suppose you mean Mr. Dillwyn? Well, I have got so far as that already. I wish I could see such people always.”
”I am sorry.”
”Why? You ought to be glad at my good taste.”
”I am sorry, because you are wis.h.i.+ng for what you cannot have.”
”How do you know that? You cannot tell what may happen.”
”Madge, a man like Mr. Dillwyn would never think of a girl like you or me.”
”I am not wanting him to think of me,” said Madge rather hotly. ”But, Lois, if you come to that, I think I--and you--are fit for anybody.”
”Yes,” said Lois quietly. ”I think so too. But _they_ do not take the same view. And if they did, Madge, we could not think of them.”
”Why not?--_if_ they did. I do not hold quite such extreme rules as you and grandmother do.”
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