different. But to go from the church to nothingness isn't to go

from falsehood to truth. It's to go from truth, rather badly



expressed, rather conservatively hidden by its protections, truth

in an antiquated costume, to the blackest lie--in the world."



She took that point very brightly.

"One must hold fast to 'iligion," she said, and looked



earnestly at him and gripped fiercely, pink thumbs out, with her

beautiful hands held up.



That was it, exactly. He too was gripping. But while on the

outside the Midianites of denial were prowling for these clinging



souls, within the camp they were assailed by a meticulous

orthodoxy that was only too eager to cast them forth. The bishop



dwelt for a time upon the curious fiercenessorthodoxy would

sometimes display. Nowadays atheism can be civil, can be



generous; it is orthodoxy that trails a scurrilous fringe.

"Who was that young man with a strong Irish accent--who



contradicted me so suddenly?" he asked.

"The dark young man?"



"The noisy young man."

"That was Mist' Pat'ick O'Go'man. He is a Kelt and all that.



Spells Pat'ick with eva so many letters. You know. They say he

spends ouas and ouas lea'ning E'se. He wo'ies about it. They all



t'y to lea'n E'se, and it wo'ies them and makes them hate England

moa and moa."



"He is orthodox. He--is what I call orthodox to the

ridiculous extent."



"'idiculous."

A deep-toned gong proclaimed breakfast over a square mile or so



of territory, and Lady Sunderbund turned about mechanically

towards the house. But they continued their discussion.



She started indeed a new topic. "Shall we eva, do 'ou think,

have a new 'iligion--t'ua and betta?"



That was a revolutionary idea to him.

He was still fending it off from him when a gap in the shrubs



brought them within sight of the house and of Mrs. Garstein

Fellows on the portico waving a handkerchief and crying



"Break-fast."

"I wish we could talk for houas," said Lady Sunderbund.



"I've been glad of this talk," said the bishop. "Very glad."

She lifted her soft abundant skirts and trotted briskly across



the still dewy lawn towards the house door. The bishop followed

gravely and slowly with his hands behind his back and an



unusually peaceful expression upon his face. He was thinking how

rare and precious a thing it is to find intelligent friendship in



women. More particularly when they were dazzlingly charming and

pretty. It was strange, but this was really his first woman



friend. If, as he hoped, she became his friend.

Lady Sunderbund entered the breakfast room in a gusty abundance



like Botticelli's Primavera, and kissed Mrs. Garstein Fellows

good-morning. She exhaled a glowing happiness. "He is wondyful,"



she panted. "He is most wondyful."

"Mr. Hidgeway Kelso?"



"No, the dee' bishop! I love him. Are those the little sausages

I like? May I take th'ee? I've been up houas."



The dee' bishop appeared in the sunlit doorway.

(5)



The bishop felt more contentment in the London train than he

had felt for many weeks. He had taken two decisive and relieving



steps. One was that he had stated his case to another human

being, and that a very charming and sympathetic human being, he



was no longer a prey to a current of secret and concealed

thoughts runningcounter to all the appearances of his outward



life; and the other was that he was now within an hour or so of

Brighton-Pomfrey and a cigarette. He would lunch on the train,



get to London about two, take a taxi at once to the wise old

doctor, catch him over his coffee in a charitable and



understanding mood, and perhaps be smoking a cigarette publicly

and honourably and altogether satisfyingly before three.



So far as Brighton-Pomfrey's door this program was fulfilled

without a hitch. The day was fine and he had his taxi opened, and



noted with a patrioticsatisfaction as he rattled through the

streets, the glare of the recruiting posters on every vacant



piece of wall and the increasing number of men in khaki in the

• bishop [´biʃəp] n.主教 (初中英语单词)


• nevertheless [,nevəðə´les] conj.&ad.然而；不过 (初中英语单词)


• dignity [´digniti] n.尊严，尊贵；高官显贵 (初中英语单词)


• weakness [´wi:knis] n.虚弱；弱点，缺点 (初中英语单词)


• convey [kən´vei] vt.运送；传达；转让 (初中英语单词)


• whenever [wen´evə] conj.&ad.无论何时 (初中英语单词)


• sentence [´sentəns] n.判决 vt.宣判；处刑 (初中英语单词)


• gravely [´greivli] ad.庄重地，严肃地 (初中英语单词)


• old-fashioned [´əuld´feʃənd] a.老式的；过时的 (初中英语单词)


• fundamental [,fʌndə´mentl] a.基本的 n.原理 (初中英语单词)


• intimate [´intimit] a.亲密的 n.知己 (初中英语单词)


• measure [´meʒə] n.量度；范围 vt.测量 (初中英语单词)


• extent [ik´stent] n.长度；程度；范围 (初中英语单词)


• departure [di´pɑ:tʃə] n.离开，出发 (初中英语单词)


• severe [si´viə] a.严厉的；苛刻的 (初中英语单词)


• fearful [´fiəfəl] a.可怕的；担心的 (初中英语单词)


• objection [əb´dʒekʃən] n.反对；异议；缺点 (初中英语单词)


• eagerly [´i:gəli] ad.渴望地，急切地 (初中英语单词)


• utmost [´ʌtməust] a.最大的 n.极端 (初中英语单词)


• instrument [´instrumənt] n.仪器；手段；乐器 (初中英语单词)


• witness [´witnis] n.见证人 vt.目击 (初中英语单词)


• hostile [´hɔstail] a.敌方的，敌意的 (初中英语单词)


• industrial [in´dʌstriəl] a.工业的，产业的 (初中英语单词)


• equally [´i:kwəli] ad.相等地；平等地 (初中英语单词)


• failure [´feiljə] n.失败；衰竭；破产 (初中英语单词)


• adequate [´ædikwit] a.足够的；适当的 (初中英语单词)


• discipline [´disiplin] n.纪律；训练 (初中英语单词)


• conscious [´kɔnʃəs] a.意识的；自觉的 (初中英语单词)


• hidden [´hid(ə)n] hide 的过去分词 (初中英语单词)


• costume [´kɔstju:m] n.服装(试样)；女装 (初中英语单词)


• fiercely [´fiəsli] ad.凶猛地，残忍地 (初中英语单词)


• handkerchief [´hæŋkətʃif] n.手帕，手绢 (初中英语单词)


• abundant [ə´bʌndənt] a.丰富的；充分的 (初中英语单词)


• peaceful [´pi:sfəl] a.和平的；平静的 (初中英语单词)


• intelligent [in´telidʒənt] a.聪明的；理智的 (初中英语单词)


• charming [´tʃɑ:miŋ] a.可爱的；极好的 (初中英语单词)


• sympathetic [,simpə´θetik] a.同情的，有同情心的 (初中英语单词)


• running [´rʌniŋ] a.奔跑的；流动的 (初中英语单词)


• altogether [,ɔ:ltə´geðə] ad.完全；总而言之 (初中英语单词)


• program [´prəugræm] n.说明v.为…安排节目 (初中英语单词)


• satisfaction [,sætis´fækʃən] n.满意；满足 (初中英语单词)


• complexion [kəm´plekʃən] n.肤色；情况；局面 (高中英语单词)


• brightness [´braitnis] n.光明；快乐 (高中英语单词)


• christianity [,kristi´æniti] n.基督教；基督精神 (高中英语单词)


• symbol [´simbəl] n.符号；象征 (高中英语单词)


• breathless [´breθlis] a.屏息的 (高中英语单词)


• astonishing [əs´tɔniʃiŋ] a.令人惊讶的 (高中英语单词)


• loving [´lʌviŋ] a.爱的，有爱情的 (高中英语单词)


• painful [´peinfəl] a.痛(苦)的；费力的 (高中英语单词)


• critical [´kritikəl] a.批评的；关键性的 (高中英语单词)


• intellectual [,inti´lektʃuəl] n.知识分子 (高中英语单词)


• historical [his´tɔrikəl] a.历史(上)的 (高中英语单词)


• profess [prə´fes] v.声称；讲授 (高中英语单词)


• significant [sig´nifikənt] a.重要的；意义重大的 (高中英语单词)


• perfectly [´pə:fiktli] ad.理想地；完美地 (高中英语单词)


• threshold [´θreʃhəuld] n.门槛；入门；开端 (高中英语单词)


• falsehood [´fɔ:lshud] n.错误；撒谎 (高中英语单词)


• revolutionary [,revə´lu:ʃənəri] a.革命的 n.革命者 (高中英语单词)


• counter [´kauntə] n.计算者；柜台；计算机 (高中英语单词)


• patriotic [,pætri´ɔtik] a.爱国的 (高中英语单词)


• rapidity [rə´piditi] n.迅速；险峻；陡 (英语四级单词)


• daring [´deəriŋ] a.&n.勇敢(的) (英语四级单词)


• heretic [´heritik] n.异教徒 (英语四级单词)


• casket [´kɑ:skit] n.(精美)匣子；首饰盒 (英语四级单词)


• trying [´traiiŋ] a.难堪的；费劲的 (英语四级单词)


• energetic [,enə´dʒetik] a.精力旺盛的；有力的 (英语四级单词)


• humility [hju:´militi] n.谦逊，谦让 (英语四级单词)


• essentially [i´senʃəli] ad.本质上，基本上 (英语四级单词)


• alternative [ɔ:l´tə:nətiv] a.二中选一的 n.选择 (英语四级单词)


• briskly [´briskli] ad.轻快地；活泼地 (英语四级单词)


• contentment [kən´tentmənt] n.满足；使人满意的事 (英语四级单词)


• decisive [di´saisiv] a.决定性的，确定的 (英语四级单词)


• charitable [´tʃæritəbəl] a.仁爱的；慈善的 (英语四级单词)


• impulsive [im´pʌlsiv] a.易冲动的 (英语六级单词)


• discontented [,diskən´tentid] a.不平的；不满的 (英语六级单词)


• shapeless [´ʃeiplis] a.无定形的；不成样的 (英语六级单词)


• denial [di´naiəl] n.否认；拒绝 (英语六级单词)


• fierceness [´fiəsnis] n.凶恶，残忍 (英语六级单词)


• orthodox [´ɔ:θədɔks] a.正统的；正统的；习惯的 (英语六级单词)