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"I shouldn't have thought a missionary was such a big bug that he could afford to put on frills."
"It's not frills. I quite understand what she means. It wouldn't have been very nice for the Davidsons to have to mix with all that rough lot in the smoking-room."
"The founder of their religion wasn't so exclusive," said Dr. Macphail with a chuckle.
[His wife:] I've asked you over and over not to joke about religion."