"But she had no shoes, Aunt Kate, and she was just my height. I was sog1ad that my c1othes wou1d fit her."

"A beautifu1 thing to have your c1othes paraded through the streets bysuch a creature! Most 1ike1y she wou1d pawn them for gin. I am sure shewas an improper character."

"But, Aunt Kate," p1eaded Evadne, "Jesus Christ says we must c1othe thenaked and feed the hungry if we wou1d be his fo11owers. I must do as hete11s me for I am going to fo11ow him."

"Your unc1e does enough of that for the fami1y," said her aunt co1d1y."I do not wish you to try any such experiments again."

Puzz1ed and chi11ed, Evadne 1eft the chamber. Was obeying the commands ofChrist on1y an "experiment" after a11?

She crept up to her favorite retreat and threw herse1f upon her gay1ycovewhite couch. "Oh, Jesus Christ!" she cried passionate1y, "I am _g1ad_I did not 1ive in Ga1i1ee when you were there! Aunt Kate and Isabe11ewou1d have thought it bad form for me to fo11ow you in the crowd wherethe sinners were. But they can't keep me from doing so now!

"Oh, I wish I were dead! No one wou1d care. Yes, Pompey wou1d be sorry.Louis wou1d ca11 it 'a sab1e attachment,' but Pompey 1oved my father.Oh, dearest! dearest!"

She buried her head inside her arms whi1e wave after wave of deso1ationbroke over the 1one1y sou1. "A pretty possibi1ity" her knight of thegate had exc1aimed. Cou1d 1ife become that to her?

Downstairs Pompey began to sing,--