"If you were a con man, with preternatural powers but no claim to godhood, I would've fallen for it." Softening, he says, "God or no ... it was your kindness that converted me. I sometimes think of what Gertrude would say. She gave every appearance of a devout Christian woman. But I think she'd rather I was with you than anyone else." He hopes -- no, he believes -- Gertrude has many sympathetic theatrical adaptations. There's so much in her to love.