The supper was cleared away, and, as
usual, she was reading, or pretending to be reading, the Bible.
"You have had supper, of course?" There was a peculiar tone in the
"of course," as if she meant to imply not merely that it was late,
but that he had preferred to have it with somebody else.
"I do not want any."
"Then we had better have prayers."
CHAPTER XII--ONE BODY AND ONE SPIRIT
Next week Zachariah found it necessary to consult with Caillaud
again. The Major was to be there. The intended meeting was
announced to Mrs. Coleman by her husband at breakfast on the day
before, and he informed her that he should probably be late, and that
no supper need be kept for him.
"Why do you never meet here, Zachariah? Why must it always be at
Caillaud's?"
"Did you not say that they should not come to this house again?"
"Yes; but I meant I did not want to see them as friends. On business
there is no reason why Caillaud should not come."
"I cannot draw the line."
"Zachariah, do you mean to call unconverted infidels your friends?"
They were his friends--he felt they were--and they were dear to him;
but he was hardly able as yet to confess it, even to himself.
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