“But I wasn’t.”
“Yes, you were. I know all about it.”
“If you know all about it, what do you want me to tell?”
“Tell about the worst quarrel of all.”
147“That must have been the last one.”
“Well, tell me about that.”
Pats took a long breath, then began: “The old gentleman was a hot Catholic. There was no harm in that, you will think. And I am not such a fool as to spoil a night like this by a religious discussion.”
“Go on.”
“Well, he insisted upon my becoming a Catholic priest. Now, for a young man just out of college–and Harvard College at that–it was a good deal to ask. Wasn’t it?”
“Continue.”