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"Will you? I wonder! I don't believe, Heard, that you will preach
another sermon in your life. I don't think you will ever go back to
Africa, or to any other episcopal work. I think you have reached a
turning point."
The bishop was thoughtful for a moment. Those words went home. Then he
said lightly:
"You are in better vein than you were a short while ago."
"That story of the botanist has revived me. He tells it rather well,
doesn't he? It is good to inhabit a world where such things can still
happen. I feel as if life were worth living. I feel as if I could
discuss anything. What were you going to say about the American
millionaire?"
"Ah yes," replied Mr. Heard. "I wondered, supposing these reports about
the ladies are true, how far you and I, for example, should condone his
vices."
"Vices. My dear bishop! Under a sky like this. Have a good look at it;
do."
Mr. Heard, barely conscious of what he was doing, obeyed the counsel.
Raising his hand, he pushed the silken awning to one side.


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