'By the Lord Harry,' we thought, 'this is a new style of language for a priestly or half-priestly mouth! This is a saint who suits us better than the others!' Forgive my familiarity! So we at once decided to ask you for an interview; because even if we be rather sceptical, and fond of worldly pleasures, we are also more or less intellectual, and certain religious truths interest us.

I myself, for instance, shall perhaps very shortly become a Neo-Buddhist." His companions laughed, and he turned upon them angrily.
"Yes indeed! I shall not be a practical Buddhist, but Buddhism interests me more than Christianity!" Then ensued an altercation among the three students, on account of this inopportune sally, and a second spokesman, tall, thin, and wearing spectacles, took the place of the first.

This man spoke nervously, with frequent spasmodic movements of the head and stiff forearms.

His discourse was to the following effect.

He and his companions had often discussed the question of the vitality of Catholicism.