Cecil fingered the Agnus Dei round her neck. "Why shouldn't they have lucky things?" she said. "Well, it's all very complicated," Dominic said. "And perhaps I'm not the one to explain it." "Why not?" Cecil asked, surprised. "Because I don't know if I believe," he said seriously, "and if I did, I would be of the religion King James was banished for." "A Catholic? Why?" Cecil was even more surprised. "Because what they teach all hangs together in one piece," said Dominic. "It's either that or nothing for me.