"Convent, convent?" he repeated, questioningly.
"Yes," I replied; "a place that belongs to the Catholics—a place where priests and nuns live."
He looked at me suspiciously, as though he suspected that I had evil motives in asking such a question. "No, sur," he said presently. Then he gave a start, and I turned and saw that Eli had come to my side. "Is he—is he the devil?" he gasped.
"No; only a dwarf."
"You'm sa big and 'ee sa small, it do seem funny," he laughed, nervously.
"What is the nearest town?" I asked.
"St. Columb, sur."
I made up my mind to go to St. Columb, and was asking the man how far it was, when another thought struck me. "There's a parson at St. Eval, I suppose?"
"Aw, iss, sur; hes 'ouse ed'n fur from the church."