"Oh, Mark--aren't I?"
"Not always. Not when you say funny things about the Bible."
"You say funny things yourself."
"Yes; but she thinks I don't mean them, so it doesn't matter."
"She thinks I don't mean them, either."
"Well--let her go on thinking it. Do what she wants--even when it's
beastly."
"It's all very well for you. She doesn't want _you_ to learn the
Thirty-Nine Articles. What would you do if she did?"
"Learn them, of course. Lie about them, if that would please her."