Roscoe Howard was a remarkable man in many ways. He possessed a critical mind, large wealth, great depth of character, and a sureness and quickness of perception, which had all contributed to his success in life. He was a student, above all, of human nature, and he had insisted upon Kate’s willing hospitality to her friend, partly from affection to the daughter of his old friend, Winchester Lee, and partly to see what effect such an avalanche of misfortunes would have upon the proud spirit and high-strung nature of Carolina. When he heard of her embrace of Christian Science, he became still more interested. He had once gone in to sit with her when her arm was bandaged from wounds from her own teeth in one of her fits of despairing rage. Therefore, when he learned from his daughter that this was to be the girl’s first appearance before her old friends, he could imagine the ordeal it would prove to her, and in his own mind he said: "Carolina will show us to-night whether she is The Lady or The Tiger!" At first they all tried to be polite and remember that they were civilized, but soon that curious unable-to-let-it-alone spirit which Christian Science invariably stirs in mortal mind began to manifest itself in hints and covert remarks and side glances and meaning silences, until Carolina calmly looked them in the eyes and said, in her gentlest manner: "I am perfectly willing to talk about it." Kate clutched her mother’s arm. "I-isn’t Carolina a d-dandy?" she whispered. "Takes every hurdle without even stopping to measure it with her eye!" "Well, doctor, since Carolina has given us permission to discuss it, what have you to say about it?" asked Mrs. Howard. "I can simply say this," said Doctor Colfax. "I don’t understand it. But, then," he added frankly, "I don’t understand the Bible, either." "Then that is why you don’t understand my cure, doctor," said Carolina, quietly, "for it is founded on the promises which Christ explicitly made to His disciples." "To His disciples,--yes," replied Doctor Colfax, quickly, "but not to us. We are not His disciples." "If you are a thorough Bible student," said Carolina, "please tell me the exact words of His promise." "I am not. You have me there, Miss Lee." "Well," persisted Carolina, "where did He limit the power He gave, and which you admit existed at one time, to His disciples? Did He ever say, ’I will give it to you and to no other?’ or ’I will give it to you during my lifetime, but after my ascension it will return unto me, because you will no longer have need of it?’" "No, I can’t remember any such passages," admitted Doctor Colfax. "W-well, He never s-said anything of the kind," put in Kate. "I don’t know much, but I know that!" "What did He say, Carolina?" asked St. Quentin. "Do you remember the exact words?"