“What would you—what would the people you are talking of—say about a case like that?” “I will tell you if you really want to know,” said the Director. “Please,” said Jane reluctantly. “They would say,” he answered, “that you do not fail in obedience through lack of love, but have lost love because you never attempted obedience.” Something in Jane that would normally have reacted to such a remark with anger or laughter was banished to a remote distance (where she could still, but only just, hear its