A friend was recounting a story about someone he had recently been introduced to. 'Someone with potential?' I ask. 'Well,' he replies, pausing to find an accurate yet tactful formulation, 'she's a nice Christian girl...'
Nothing further is needed. The 'but' looms larger than the 'every head is bowed' at the end of an evangelist's talk. We both go quiet, then I chuckle, partly in sympathy for my ...