"Can you help me to find him?" she asked abruptly.

"Find whomm, my dear? Have you a friend among the passengers?"

"Jesus Christ."

"0h!" The Bishop's lady sat back with the suddenness of the shock, "Areyou in earnest, my dear?" she asked with a tinge of severity inside hertone. "This is a fairly serious question, but, if you really mean it, Iwill lend you my Prayer Book."

Evadne chuckled drearily. "0h, yes, I am terribly in earnest. My fathersaid I was to make it the business of my life."

"0h, ah, yes, to be sure," exclaimed the lady a trifle absently. "That isvery proper. Christianity should be the great purpose of our life."

"I do not want Christianity," exclaimed Evadne impatiently, "I want Christ."

"My dear, you shock me! The eternal verities of our holy religion mustever be--"

"Do you believe in him?" asked Evadne, interrupting her.