Then above it
Rangely laughed softly.
"The wisdom of the journalist," he remarked, "is as nothing compared to
that of the clergy. How did you discover that I wrote it?"
"Discover? Isn't that a word applied to finding things by seeking?"
"What of that?"
"I was merely thinking that you give me credit for more leisure and
more curiosity than I possess if you suppose me to have tried to find
out about that article."
Rangely laughed again.
"Mr. Strathmore," he said with a new resolution in his tone, "will you
pardon me if I am frank? I want to ask you what I can do to help you to
secure the election."
"Don't think I am given to word-splitting, Mr. Rangely, but I've no
wish to _secure_ it. If the church needs me--but, after all, we need
not quibble. Will you pardon me if I say that your question is rather
remarkable coming from the author of the 'Churchman' paper."
"Although I wrote the 'Churchman' article, I wrote also the 'Eagle'
editorial," was the reply. "I see things in a different light. The fact
is that I was trapped into writing that stuff for the 'Churchman,' and
now I'm anxious to undo any harm I may have done.
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