I want to face things with a clear conscience.

I've convinced you, haven't I, that there wasn't a word of truth in that South-African story?
If ever it crops up you'll scotch it like a venomous snake ?" The ethics of my answer I leave to the casuist.

I am an old-fashioned Church of England person.

As I am so mentally constituted that I am unable to believe cheerfully in nothing.

I believe in God and Jesus Christ, and accept the details of doctrine as laid down in the Thirty-nine Articles.