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" Wait outside, Francis," he said. WAIT OUTSIDE FRANCIS HE SAID
me also — that you chose a Sunday evening for your collapse. I only walk on Sun- day evenings — chiefly because it is not church. Ah, yes — quite true — there is church also on Sunday morning, Sunday afternoon, and on certain occasions in the week ! My wife — to whom I hope soon to introduce you — attends every service ; she also stays for the after- meetings. You must not, by the way, think that I am an unbeliever. I am not ; at one time I always went to church on Sunday evenings, and there was much in it that I enjoyed. But the curate's banalities, the superstitiousness of the people, and the per- fectly evil singing of the choir vexed me. Then it occurred to me that if I went for a walk on Sunday evening instead, I could get the service without the church. I could have the sunset and the aspirations, the longings for the far-away that it produces." THE OCTAVE OF CLAUDIUS. 21 He stopped abruptly, and noticed that the servant was listening with rather a puzzled face. He turned to him.  OH I DON'T PRACTISE HE SAID IT WAS LUCKY FOR YOU AND I THINK IT'S LUCKY FOR ME ALSO THAT YOU CHOSE A SUNDAY EVENING FOR YOUR COLLAPSE I ONLY WALK ON SUNDAY EVENINGS CHIEFLY BECAUSE IT'S NOT CHURCH AH YES QUITE TRUE THERE IS A CHURCH ALSO ON SUNDAY MORNING SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND ON CERTAIN OCCASIONS IN THE WEEK MY WIFE TO WHOM I HOPE SOON TO INTRODUCE YOU ATTENDS EVERY SERVICE SHE ALSO STAYS FOR THE AFTER MEETINGS YOU MUST NOT BY THE WAY THINK THAT I AM AN UNBELIEVER I AM NOT AT ONE TIME I ALWAYS WENT TO CHURCH ON SUNDAY EVENINGS AND THERE WAS MUCH IN IT THAT I ENJOYED BUT THE CURATES BANILLYTICS THE SUPERSTITIOUSNESS OF THE PEOPLE AND THE PERFECTLY EVIL SINGING OF THE CHOIR VEXED ME IT OCCURRED TO ME THAT IF I WENT FOR A WALK ON SUNDAY EVENING INSTEAD I COULD GET THE SERVICE WITHOUT THE CHURCH I COULD HAVE THE SUNSET AND THE ASPIRATIONS THE LONGING FOR THE FAR AWAY THAT IT PRODUCES HE STOPPED ABRUPTLY AND NOTICED THAT THE SERVANT WAS LISTENING WITH A RATHER PUZZLED FACE HE TURNED TO HIM
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