"No, but he could do something else, for he's served in the French army."
"Then there's that mad Brother Paul. What good would he be at anything else?"
"Well, I don't know."
"Brachet and Wills are decent enough men, but where else would they have the power and the freedom they have at Holy Cross? Why, they live there like feudal barons."
"Father Richmond could have done anything he chose."
"Ah, Father Richmond—" The Colonel shut his mouth suddenly, turned about, and proceeded to crawl under his blankets, feet to the fire.
"Well?"
No answer.
"Well?" insisted the Boy.
"Oh, Father Richmond must have seen a ghost."