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But instead of prying, Sharlee said: "Still I'm sorry
that you are going."
"Well? Why?"
"Because," said Sharlee.
"Proceed."
"Because I don't like his eyes."
"The question, from your point of view," said Mr. Queed, "is a
moral--not an optic one. These acts which confer benefits on others," he
continued, "so peculiarly commended by your religion, are conceived by
it to work moral good to the doer. The _eyes_ (which you use
synecdochically to represent the _character_) of the person to whom they
are done, have nothing--"
"Mr. Queed," said Sharlee, briskly interrupting his exegetical words, "I
believe you are going off with Professor Nicolovius chiefly because--you
think he needs you!"
He looked up sharply, much surprised and irritated. "That is absolutely
foolish and absurd. I have nothing in the world to do with what
Professor Nicolovius needs. You must always remember that I am not a
subscriber to the tenets of your religion."
"It is not too late. I always remember that too."
"But I must say frankly that I am much surprised at the way you
interpret those tenets.


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