Thanks. I've never seen an explanation for that bit of nasty. I remember now posting to Narby what turned out to be a futile attempt to prevent his loss of faith.
I tried with Narby too.
It was strange with Elsie. He didn't really gloat, but he seemed strangely happy with Narby's loss of faith. Since then I've wondered seriously if Elsie wasn't a DU troll. His actions certainly didn't fit my idea of what a Christian would do in those circumstances.