"Yes; but she won't go."
"There is an American Relief man about," he said. "He is sure to hear about the distress in the Vola, and he can't reach that without passing here. Naturally, seeing the damage done to the house, he would call."
Her hazel eyes, still beautiful in shade and expression, twinkled merrily.
"But we don't want relief yet," she said.
"True, but when he sees the damage done and hears that there is an English girl living here he will be willing to take her to Warsaw ... or to England. I think I would not mention Warsaw to him. He probably has never heard of it. So he can take her further off."
"Minnie won't listen ... she is brave."
"Brave! She stops here for Ian."
She was silent for a moment. Father Constantine knew she had fallen under the girl's charm. He admitted the charm; but did not want a foreigner to rule in Ruvno.
"She is a good girl ... and her people are of an old family. Her mother..."
"She is a heretic," he said firmly. "Ruvno has never had such a thing."