"Anything concerning me is not apt to be of sufficient consequence to be very interesting," said Mr. Durant, "and having already stated all I thought worth saying about myself and my errand, there can be little or nothing that is surprising, I am sure." "Is it not a fact that you are from Salt Lake City?" "It is." "It is! Why you never informed us of this and yet you have been associated with us several days." "Indeed! May I ask you, Mrs. Marshall, and you, Miss Marshall, what part of the country our friend here comes from?" The ladies did not know. "Indeed! Why sir, you have been associated with this family several weeks, and yet they do not know what particular point you came from. Perhaps like myself, you were never asked." "This is evasion," said the now thoroughly excited churchman. "There is no place in my district possessed of such peculiar conditions as would place one of its inhabitants under suspicion because of them." "Nor in mine either, that I know of," calmly rejoined Durant. "Is not Salt Lake City the headquarters and residence of a class of people known as Mormons who hold exclusive sway there?" "No, sir." "That is what I have heard." "Surely, I am not accountable for what you have heard. There are a great many Mormons in Salt Lake, and just as many that are not Mormons; it is the headquarters of the Church as you suggest, but its members are not in exclusive sway there." "How can that be?" "No matter about the means; the fact itself is what concerns us." The churchman was discomfited and measurably confused; he was compelled to change his course. "You told us," said he, "that you were an advocate of the Church of Jesus Christ; should there not be a suffix in these words--Latter-day Saints?" "That is correct." "And is not 'Mormonism' its other name?" "No, it has no other name. It is called 'Mormonism' by nearly every one not connected with it, and yet that is not a proper designation." "Then to yourself you are a 'Latter-day Saint,' and to the world you are a 'Mormon?'" "That is it exactly." "Strange that we should be kept in ignorance of it so long." "I have answered every question fairly and in addition have stated everything necessary to a full explanation of my cause and myself. If the doctrine I teach be true--and it has stood all tests so far--can you find nothing more than a name to oppose it?" "I hope sir, you do not accuse me of innuendo?" "I accuse you of nothing." "Come now," said Mrs. Marshall, "do not be too earnest." "Well, madam," said Rev. Fitzallan, "I thought my services in this connection would be received graciously and thankfully. As they are not I occupy the position of an intruder and will take my leave." "Not on my account, I hope," said Mr. Durant. "If there is an intruder here it is I, and it would be my duty to depart." "You must not go under such circumstances," said Mrs. Marshall.