15/22 The constant guidance of a clergyman would be of the utmost value. I suppose you think she is with me, but I doubt"-- his lip curled a little--"if I can give her quite the instruction you desire." "Oh, I had not hoped for that," John answered. "But her surroundings will not influence Helen now. Impelled by my grief, she must search for truth." Dr.Howe was too much excited to notice the reproof in John's words. Agnosticism!--that's what this 'search for truth' ends in nowadays! Come, now, be reasonable, Ward; for Heaven's sake, don't be a--a--don't be so unwise. |