"I hear you say that," Agatha said gently, "but I can't believe it. I only know that I don't feel right with God anymore. I don't feel worthy to be one His chosen on earth. Maybe it's just going to take time," she suggested, not wanting him to feel as hopeless as she did. "Maybe eventually I'll feel ready to find a new way to serve Him, a way that doesn't depend on my purity."