human
I wish that you could be spared this, Hamlin.
gpt
So do I.
human
You might let Jane Mucklow do it, or Uncle.
gpt
Susan Yellam is my parishioner. God's hand lies heavy on her--how heavy I am unable to determine. I have never felt, Pomfret, so conscious of my disabilities, of anæmic faith in such cases as this.
human
I wish I had your faith, Hamlin.
gpt
What is faith? asked Hamlin, almost fiercely.
human
Is it merely a belief that satisfies and helps oneself? The faith that burned in the Apostles was more than that. It saved others. Virtue, at a touch, went out of the faithful into the faithless. If I could touch this poor old woman----!
gpt
You will,
human
No. And that is why I wish that I could be spared another--failure.