CHAPTER IV

uptotheclub.InourFather’shousearemanymansions,theytaught,andtherealonewilltheincompatiblemultitudesofmankindbewelcomedandsoothed.Notoneshallbeturnedawaybytheservantsonthatverandah,beheblackorwhite,notoneshallbekeptstandingwhoapproacheswithalovingheart.Andwhyshouldthedivinehospitalityceasehere?Consider,withallreverence,themonkeys.Maytherenotbeamansionforthemonkeysalso?OldMr.GraysfordsaidNo,butyoungMr.Sorley,whowasadvanced,saidYeshesawnoreasonwhymonkeysshouldnothavetheircollateralshareofbliss,andhehadsympatheticdiscussionsaboutthemwithhisHindufriends.Andthejackals?JackalswereindeedlesstoMr.Sorley’smind,butheadmittedthatthemercyofGod,beinginfinite,maywellembraceallmammals.Andthewasps?Hebecameuneasyduringthedescenttowasps,andwasapttochangetheconversation.Andoranges,cactuses,crystalsandmud?andthebacteriainsideMr.Sorley?No,no,thisisgoingtoofar.Wemustexcludesomeonefromourgathering,orweshallbeleftwithnothing.