Alys's temperance work in religious difficulty. (Atheism spreading rapidly in all classes.) Meeting and/or concert every evening this week. Moore's debut in Society (excellent description). Told Marsh about Alys. Read Wild Duck aloud with Crompton and Sanger. Glad Alys likes Carpenter's book. Religion vs. fear of authority in his childhood ("I have a fairly minute recollection of my childhood"; "till I was fifteen and began to think for myself").