"Maryvale is the name of the convent grounds only; and though they are very large, they could not be shown on such a map."
"But about Europe, Mother. There is another map hanging next to the one where New York is. P'r'aps that is Europe. There is one country at the lower part of it shaped exactly like a boot sticking out into the sea. Rome, the city where the Pope lives, is in that country."
"And that country is Italy, dear, and Rome is the very city to which Father is going."
"Oh, will Father see the Pope?"
"He will surely go to see the Holy Father."
"Father Lacey saw the Holy Father last summer when he went to Rome and took the audience with him. Of course, the whole audience didn't go—you and Father and Uncle Frank and Rosemary's mother and some others who were in the audience on the last day of school didn't go."
Mrs. Selwyn laughed merrily.
"If you were to ask Father Lacey about his companions, he would tell you that he made that trip alone. He had an audience with the Holy Father, dear; that is, he was allowed to see the Pope and speak with him. The word audience, like many other words, has more than one meaning."
"Dear, me," sighed the little girl, "there is so much to learn; isn't there, Mother? It seems to me that I just get a thing all fixed in my mind when I have to upset it and fix it over again a different way."
"Then your first idea was not the correct one. You should ask the meaning of new words instead of trying to decide for yourself?"