"But do the good not help the bad?"

"Yes, to a certain extent; but life is a struggle there; every man for
himself; and the good very often find it hard to secure a little
happiness for themselves."

"How can they be happy when they know that others are suffering and in
want, that others are bad? I long to go and help them."

"Darling, you are an angel, and I adore you; but, believe me, you alone
could do very little. One has already come and taught us how to love and
cherish each other, that the strong should help the weak, the rich give
to the poor, and the happy comfort the wretched. His followers believe
that He came from Heaven, and yet after nineteen hundred years I am
afraid that some of them do not fully understand the plain meaning of
His words, or else find it convenient to ignore them."

"But many of us will go there. We will bring the sinful and the
suffering over here to Womla and make them happy."

"I am touched by your simple faith in us, dearest It does you honour,
but I fear it is mistaken. What would you say if the very people you had
saved and befriended were to turn round and take your country from you,
perhaps even destroy you? Such ingratitude is not unknown in our
world."

"If they are so wicked they have the more need of help."

"In any case, darling, I cannot take you with me, for the vessel we came