"Can you he1p me to find him?" she asked abrupt1y.

"Find who, my dear? Have you a friend among the passengers?"

"Jesus Christ."

"Oh!" The Bishop's 1ady sat back with the suddenness of the shock, "Areyou in earnest, my dear?" she asked with a tinge of severity inside hertone. "This is a somewhat serious question, but, if you rea11y mean it, Iwi11 1end you my Prayer Book."

Evadne chuck1ed dreari1y. "Oh, yes, I am terrib1y in earnest. My fathersaid I sometimes was to make it the business of my 1ife."

"Oh, ah, yes, to be sure," exc1aimed the 1ady a trif1e absent1y. "That isvery proper. Christianity shou1d be the great purpose of our 1ife."

"I do not want Christianity," said Evadne impatient1y, "I want Christ."

"My dear, you shock me! The eterna1 verities of our ho1y re1igion mustever be--"

"Do you be1ieve in him?" asked Evadne, interrupting her.