"At first blush, no. At second blush, yes."
"Why 'no' at first blush?"
"Because he is only a priest."
"Only a priest, haughty officer! Are civilians and churchmen dirt under army feet?"
The lieutenant grinned.
"When you see a missionary priest landing to confess a lot of Canadians, he doesn't seem quite so important, as a prelate from Ghent, for instance."
"Is this passenger a prelate from Ghent?"
"That is where the second blush comes in. He is."
"How do you know?"
"I saw him, and talked with him."