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           HewasnotevenaCatholic,yetthatwastheonlyghostofacodethathehad,thegaudy,ritualistic,paradoxicalCatholicismwhoseprophetwasChesterton,whoseclaqueursweresuchreformedrakesofliteratureasHuysmansandBourget,whoseAmericansponsorwasRalphAdamsCram,withhisadulationofthirteenth-centurycathedrals—aCatholicismwhichAmoryfoundconvenientandready-made,withoutpriestorsacramentsorsacrifice.

           Hecouldnotsleep,soheturnedonhisreading-lampand,takingdownthe"KreutzerSonata,"searcheditcarefullyforthegermsofBurne’senthusiasm.BeingBurnewassuddenlysomuchreallerthanbeingclever.Yethesighed...herewereotherpossibleclayfeet.

           Hethoughtbackthroughtwoyears,ofBurneasahurried,nervousfreshman,quitesubmergedinhisbrother’spersonality.Thenherememberedanincidentofsophomoreyear,inwhichBurnehadbeensuspectedoftheleadingrole.

           DeanHollisterhadbeenheardbyalargegrouparguingwithataxi-driver,whohaddrivenhimfromthejunction.Inthecourseofthealtercationthedeanremarkedthathe"mightaswellbuythetaxicab."Hepaidandwalkedoff,butnextmorningheenteredhisprivateofficetofindthetaxicabitselfinthespaceusuallyoccupiedbyhisdesk,bearingasignwhichread"PropertyofDeanHollister.BoughtandPaidfor."...Ittooktwoexpertmechanicshalfadaytodissembleitintoitsminutestpartsandremoveit,whichonlygoestoprovetherareenergyofsophomorehumorunderefficientleadership.