Holiness was always something richly dim.

“Father was an atheist; he had even joined the Skeleton Army - a club of men who…”

“Dim loneliness came imperceivably into the fields and he turned back. The birds…”

“Mothers are inscrutable beings to their sons, always. ("The Higgler")”

“He asked with a stiff smile 'What is love?'For me,' said Orianda, fumbling for …”