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Chapter XXXVII

           "Heknewshewasverysensitiveonthatpoint.Hisownconductinhuntingherdownhadbeensuchabreachoffatherlycourtesythatheknewshefeltresentful,andinawayproperlyso.Still,whatcouldbegreaterthanherowncrime?"After,"heconcluded,"yehavemadesuchamistakeyesurelywouldn’twanttostayhere.Yewon’tbewantin’tokeepupthatcommittin’amortalsin.It’sagainstthelawsofGodandman."

           HedidsohopethethoughtofsinwouldcometoAileentheenormityofhercrimefromaspiritualpointofviewbutAileendidnotseeitatall.

           "Youdon’tunderstandme,father,"sheexclaimed,hopelesslytowardtheend."Youcan’t.Ihaveoneidea,andyouhaveanother.ButIdon’tseemtobeabletomakeyouunderstandnow.Thefactis,ifyouwanttoknowit,Idon’tbelieveintheCatholicChurchanymore,sothere."

           ThemomentAileenhadsaidthisshewishedshehadnot.Itwasaslipofthetongue.Butler’sfacetookonaninexpressiblysad,despairinglook.

           "Yedon’tbelieveintheChurch?"heasked.

           "No,notexactlynotlikeyoudo."

           Heshookhishead.

           "Theharmthathascometoyersoul!"hereplied."It’splaintome,daughter,thatsomethin’terriblehashappenedtoye.Thismanhasruinedye,bodyandsoul.Somethin’mustbedone.Idon’twanttobehardonye,butyemustleavePhiladelphy.Yecan’tstayhere.Ican’tpermitye.

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