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She had been to church ; had confessed indeterminate sins to a formless and unresponsive deity . She felt righteous , and showed it . Phil caught the cue . He sacrificed all the witty things he was prepared to say about Mrs. Gray 's dumplings ; he gazed silently out of the window till she wondered what he was thinking about , then he stumblingly began to review a sermon which he said he had heard the previous Sunday -- though he must have been mistaken , as he shot several games of Kelly pool every Sunday morning , or slept till noon . `` The preacher spoke of woman 's influence . You do n't know what it is to lack a woman 's influence in a fellow 's life , Miss Golden . I can see the awful consequences among my patients .