Nicholas isn’t one of these dramatic preachers,’ she said quickly, feeling a little confused. The ladies looked interested, as if hoping that she might be guilty of further disloyalties, but Jane recollected herself in time and said: ‘Of course, he’s a very good preacher; what I meant was that he doesn’t go in for a lot of quotations and that kind of thing.’ ‘Much wiser not to,’ agreed Miss Doggett. ‘Simple Christian teaching is what we want, isn’t it, really?
-Barbara Pym
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