If she did not understand them, she was in no worse position than himself.
His tongue was fluent.

His words were like a lambent flame, playing with some indestructible material.

His mind was weak, and devoted to metaphysical speculations--mysticisms: the _arcana coelestia_ of Swedenborg was Holy Writ to him.

He believed in three heavens, and their opposites.

Jane's endeavors were directed to make him believe in a fourth heaven.