"I am so glad you have spoken in that way," she confessed. "I shall
never feel quite so much alone in the world again, and I shall see
these matters from a different viewpoint. Is it wrong--unwomanly, I
mean--for me to question spiritual things?"
"I am unable to conceive why it should be. Surely woman ought to be as
deeply concerned in things spiritual as man."
"How very strange it is that we should thus drift into such an intimate
talk at our second meeting!" she exclaimed. "But it seems so easy, so
natural, to converse frankly with some people--they appear to draw out
all that is best in one's heart. Then there are others who seem to
parch and wither up every germ of spiritual life."
"There are those in the world who truly belong together," he urged,
daringly. "They belong to each other by some divine law. They may
never be privileged to meet; but if they do, the commingling of their
minds and souls is natural. This talk of ours to-night has, perhaps,
done me as much good as you."
"Oh, I am so glad if it has! I--I do not believe you and Miss Spencer
conversed in this way?"
"Heaven forbid! And yet it might puzzle you to guess what was the main
topic of our conversation.
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