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veneered mahogany pieces。  My mother had an equal dread of ;blacks; 

by day and the ;night air�察─�so that our brightly clean windows were 

rarely open。



She took a morning paper�察�and she would open it and glance at the 

headlines�察�but she did not read it until the afternoon and then�察�I 

think�察�she was interested only in the more violent crimes�察�and in 

railway and mine disasters and in the minutest domesticities of the 

Royal Family。  Most of the books at home were my father's�察�and I do 

not think she opened any of them。  She had one or two volumes that 

dated from her own youth�察�and she tried in vain to interest me in 

them�察�there was Miss Strickland's QUEENS OF ENGLAND�察�a book I 

remember with particular animosity�察�and QUEECHY and the WIDE WIDE 

WORLD。  She made these books of hers into a class apart by sewing 

outer covers upon them of calico and figured muslin。  To me in these 

habiliments they seemed not so much books as confederated old 

ladies。



My mother was also very punctual with her religious duties�察�and 

rejoiced to watch me in the choir。



On winter evenings she occupied an armchair on the other side of the 

table at which I sat�察�head on hand reading�察�and she would be darning 

stockings or socks or the like。  We achieved an effect of rather 

stuffy comfortableness that was soporific�察�and in a passive way I 

think she found these among her happy times。  On such occasions she 

was wont to put her work down on her knees and fall into a sort of 

thoughtless musing that would last for long intervals and rouse my 

curiosity。  For like most young people I could not imagine mental 

states without definite forms。



She carried on a correspondence with a number of cousins and 

friends�察�writing letters in a slanting Italian hand and dealing 

mainly with births�察�marriages and deaths�察�business starts ��in the 

vaguest terms�� and the distresses of bankruptcy。



And yet�察�you know�察�she did have a curious intimate life of her own 

that I suspected nothing of at the time�察�that only now becomes 

credible to me。  She kept a diary that is still in my possession�察�a 

diary of fragmentary entries in a miscellaneous collection of pocket 

books。  She put down the texts of the sermons she heard�察�and queer 

stiff little comments on casual visitors�察─�Miss G。 and much noisy 

shrieking talk about games and such frivolities and CROQUAY。  A。 

delighted and VERY ATTENTIVE。;  Such little human entries abound。  

She had an odd way of never writing a name�察�only an initial�察�my 

father is always ;A。�察─�and I am always ;D。;  It is manifest she 

followed the domestic events in the life of the Princess of Wales�察�

who is now Queen Mother�察�with peculiar interest and sympathy。  ;Pray 

G。 all may be well�察─�she writes in one such crisis。



But there are things about myself that I still find too poignant to 

tell easily�察�certain painful and clumsy circumstances of my birth in 

very great detail�察�the distresses of my infantile ailments。  Then 

later I find such things as this�此 �Heard D。  s。;  The ;s; is 

evidently ;swear ;;  G。 bless and keep my boy from evil。;  And 

again�察�with the thin handwriting shaken by distress�此 �D。 would not 

go to church�察�and hardened his heart and said wicked infidel things�察�

much disrespect of the clergy。  The anthem is tiresome�。。  �That men 

should set up to be wiser than their maker�。。 ─ �Then trebly 

underlined�此 �I FEAR HIS FATHER'S TEACHING。;  Dreadful little tangle 

of misapprehensions and false judgments�  �More comforting for me to 

read�察 �D。 very kind and good。  He grows more thoughtful every day。;  

I suspect myself of forgotten hypocrisies。



At just one point my mother's papers seem to dip deeper。  I think 

the death of my father must have stirred her for the first time for 

many years to think for herself。  Even she could not go on living in 

any peace at all�察�believing that he had indeed been flung headlong 

into hell。  Of this gnawing solicitude she never spoke to me�察�never�察�

and for her diary also she could find no phrases。  But on a loose 

half´sheet of notepaper between its pages I find this passage that 

follows�察�written very carefully。  I do not know whose lines they are 

nor how she came upon them。  They run��



     ;And if there be no meeting past the grave��

      If all is darkness�察�silence�察�yet 'tis rest。

      Be not afraid ye waiting hearts that weep��

      For God still giveth His beloved sleep��

      And if an endless sleep He wills�察�so best。;



That scrap of verse amazed me when I read it。  I could even wonder 

if my mother really grasped the import of what she had copied out。  

It affected me as if a stone´deaf person had suddenly turned and 

joined in a whispered conversation。  It set me thinking how far a 

mind in its general effect quite hopelessly limited�察�might range。  

After that I went through all her diaries�察�trying to find something 

more than a conventional term of tenderness for my father。  But I 

found nothing。  And yet somehow there grew upon me the realisation 

that there had been love。 。 。 。  Her love for me�察�on the other hand�察�

was abundantly expressed。



I knew nothing of that secret life of feeling at the time�察�such 

expression as it found was all beyond my schoolboy range。  I did not 

know when I pleased her and I did not know when I distressed her。  

Chiefly I was aware of my mother as rather dull company�察�as a mind 

thorny with irrational conclusions and incapable of explication�察�as 

one believing quite wilfully and irritatingly in impossible things。  

So I suppose it had to be�察�life was coming to me in new forms and 

with new requirements。  It was essential to our situation that we 

should fail to understand。  After this space of years I have come to 

realisations and attitudes that dissolve my estrangement from her�察�I 

can pierce these barriers�察�I can see her and feel her as a loving 

and feeling and desiring and muddle´headed person。  There are times 

when I would have her alive again�察�if only that I might be kind to 

her for a little while and give her some return for the narrow 

intense affection�察�the tender desires�察�she evidently lavished so 

abundantly on me。  But then again I ask how I could make that 

return�拭 �And I realise the futility of such dreaming。  Her demand 

was rigid�察�and to meet it I should need to act and lie。



So she whose blood fed me�察�whose body made me�察�lies in my memory as 

I saw her last�察�fixed�察�still�察�infinitely intimate�察�infinitely 

remote。 。 。 。



My own case with my mother�察�however�察�does not awaken the same regret 

I feel when I think of how she misjudged and irked my father�察�and 

turned his weaknesses into thorns for her own tormenting。  I wish I 

could look back without that little twinge to two people who were 

both in their different quality so good。  But goodness that is 

narrow is a pedestrian and ineffectual goodness。  Her attitude to my 

father seems to me one of the essentially tragic things that have 

come to me personally�察�one of those things that nothing can 

transfigure�察�that REMAIN sorrowful�察�that I cannot soothe with any 

explanation�察�for as I remember him he was indeed the most lovable of 

weak spasmodic men。  But my mother had been trained in a hard and 

narrow system that made evil out of many things not in the least 

evil�察�and inculcated neither kindliness nor charity。  All their 

estrangement followed from that。



These cramping cults do indeed take an enormous toll of human love 

and happiness�察�and not only that but what we Machiavellians must 

needs consider�察�they make frightful breaches in human solidarity。  I 

suppose I am a deeply religious man�察�as men of my quality go�察�but I 

hate more and more�察�as I grow older�察�the shadow of intolerance cast 

by religious organisations。  All my life has been darkened by 

irrational intolerance�察�by arbitrary irrational prohibitions and 

exclusions。  Mahometanism with its fierce proselytism�察�has�察�I 

suppose�察�the blackest record of uncharitableness�察�but most of the 

Christian sects are tainted�察�tainted to a degree beyond any of the 

anterior paganisms�察�with this same hateful quality。  It is their 

exclusive claim that sends them wrong�察�the vain ambition that 

inspires them all to teach a uniform one´sided God and be the one 

and only gateway to salvation。  Deprecation of all outside the 

household of faith�察�an organised undervaluation of heretical 

goodness and lovableness�察�follows�察�necessarily。  Every petty 

difference is exaggerated to the quality of a saving grace or a 

damning defect。  Elaborate precautions are taken to shield the 

believer's mind against broad or amiable suggestions�察�the faithful 

are deterred by dark allusions�察�by sinister warnings�察�from books�察�

from theatres�察�from worldly conversation�察�from all the kindly 

instruments that mingle human sympathy。  For only by isolating its 

flock can the organisation survive。



Every month there came to my mother a little magazine called�察�if I 

remember rightly�察�the HOME CHURCHMAN�察�with the combined authority of 

print and clerical commendation。  It was the most evil thing that 

ever came into the house�察�a very devil�察�a thin little pamphlet with 

one woodcut illustration on the front page of each number�察�now the 

uninviting visage of some exponent of the real and only doctrine and 

attitudes�察�now some coral strand in act of welcoming the 

missionaries of God's mysterious preferences�察�now a new church in 

the Victorian Gothic。  The vile rag it was�  �A score of vices that 

shun the policeman have nothing of its subtle wickedness。  It was an 

outrage upon the natural kindliness of men。  The contents were all 

admirably adjusted to keep a spirit in prison。  Their force of 

sustained suggestion was tremendous。  There would be dreadful 

intimations of the swift retribution that fell upon individuals for 

Sabbath´breaking�察�and upon nations for weakening towards Ritualism�察�

or treating Roman Catholics as tolerable human beings�察�there would 

be great rejoicings over the conversion of alleged Jews�察�and 

terrible descriptions of the death´beds of prominent infidels with 

boldly invented last words��the most unscrupulous lying�察�there 

would be the appallingly edifying careers of ;early piety; 

lusciously described�察�or stories of condemned criminals who traced 

their final ruin unerringly to early laxities of the kind that leads 

people to give up subscribing to the HOME CHURCHMAN。



Every month that evil spirit brought about a slump in our mutual 

love。  My mother used to read the thing and become depressed and 

anxious for my spiritual welfare�察�used to be stirred to 

unintelligent pestering。 。 。 。





2



A few years ago I met the editor of this same HOME CHURCHMAN。  It 

was at one of the weekly dinners of that Fleet Street dining club�察�

the Blackfriars。



I heard the paper's name with a queer little shock and surveyed the 

man with 

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