"Yes," said Mary angrily.
"Don't be vexed with me, my dear—perhaps I don't understand these things, as you say.... But he is something like a spiritual director, isn't he, now?"
"I don't know what you mean by that—"
"I mean, you talk to him about your religious feelings, and he gives you counsel," said the doctor gravely.
"Yes—yes, he does."
"Have you talked to him about your marriage?"
"I—why, no!"
"You don't talk about worldly affairs, then—is that it? Do you think marriage not important enough to talk about?"
"It isn't that! I haven't, because—"
Here was a pause, and the doctor asked: