"What do you call that?" demanded Drene, amused.

"God knows. It seems to be my interpretation of the Goal. I seem
to be journeying toward it without more obstacles and more
embarrassments to encounter than confront the wayfarer who professes
any other creed."

After a while Drene sat up on his couch:

"How did all this conversation start?" he asked uneasily.

"It was about the Virgin for that chapel we are going to do. . . . .
That's part of my belief: those who pray for her intercession will
find her after death, interceding--" he smiled, "--if any
intercession be necessary between us and Him who made us."

"And those unlisted millions who importune Mohammed and Buddha?"

"They shall find Mohammed and Buddha, who importune them worthily."

"And--Christ?"

"He bears that name also--He!"

"Oh! And so, spiritually as well as artistically, you believe in
the Virgin?"

"You also can make a better Virgin if you believe in her otherwise
than esthetically."