And when he was not at his
business, he threw himself with equal zest into two or three other
occupations--golf, dining out, and the collection of a particular kind
of chairs. Beyond these things there was for him really nothing of
value.
But, owing to circumstances, his beat had been further extended to
include Laurie Baxter, whom he was beginning to like extremely. There
was an air of romance about Laurie, a pleasant enthusiasm, excellent
manners, and a rather delightful faculty of hero-worship. Mr. Morton
himself, too, while possessing nothing even resembling a religion,
was, like many other people, not altogether unattracted towards those
who had, though he thought religiousness to be a sign of a slightly
incompetent character; and he rather liked Laurie's Catholicism, such
as it was. It must be rather pleasant, he considered (when he
considered it at all), to believe "all that," as he would have said.
So this new phase of Laurie's interested him far more than he would
have allowed, so soon as he became aware that it was not merely
superficial; and, indeed, Laurie's constant return to the subject, as
well as his air of enthusiastic conviction, soon convinced him that
this was so.
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