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Monsignor Belloni, who writes, says that he
is a man of great erudition."
"The seminary will miss you terribly."
"I don't know about the seminary, but I am sure
you will miss me, carino; perhaps almost as much
as I shall miss you."
"I shall indeed; but I am very glad, for all
that."
"Are you? I don't know that I am." He sat
down at the table with a weary look on his face;
not the look of a man who is expecting high
promotion.
"Are you busy this afternoon, Arthur?" he said
after a moment. "If not, I wish you would stay
with me for a while, as you can't come to-night.
I am a little out of sorts, I think; and I want to
see as much of you as possible before leaving."
"Yes, I can stay a bit. I am due at six."
"One of your meetings?"
Arthur nodded; and Montanelli changed the
subject hastily.
"I want to speak to you about yourself," he
said. "You will need another confessor in my
absence."
"When you come back I may go on confessing
to you, may I not?"
"My dear boy, how can you ask? Of course I
am speaking only of the three or four months that
I shall be away.


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