尽管她对神学不热心，但她早就意识到真正的祈祷点不是要奉承那些人的问题。她决定，祈祷是一种冥想的一种形式，并且并没有损害任何人在听。
(Although she was unenthusiastic about theology, she had long since realised that the real point of prayer was not to flatter those addressed; prayer was a form of meditation, she decided, and it did not detract from its efficacy that nobody was listening.)