They'd tell me down here that I'll never see Him.

Zut! I'll take that chance--not such a long shot either.

Why, if I am no good, the risk is all the better; He _is_ because of such as I! No need for Him where all the ba-bas are white as the driven snow, and all the little white doves keep their feathers clean and coo-coo hymns from dawn to sunset....

By the way, I never gave you anything, did I ?--a Chinese god, for example ?" She shook her head, bewildered at his inconsequences.
"No, I never did.

You're not entitled to a gift of a Chinese god from me.