'Welcome, friend!'
'My Lord and my Master!'
While they still stood hand in hand, the Stranger said:
'There are those that know Me, nor are they few. Yet what are they among so many? In all the far places of the world men call upon My Name, yet know so little of what is in their hearts that they would destroy Me for being He to whom they call.'
'But shall the day never come when they shall know You?'
'Of themselves they must find Me out. Not by a miracle shall a man be brought unto the knowledge of God.'
Cardinal De Vere said to the young priest:
'Your stock of information appears to be greater than that of your spiritual superiors, Father. At Louvain do they teach such forwardness, or is this an acquaintance of your seminary days?'
'Yes, Eminence, indeed, and of before them too. For this is our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, who died for us, yet lives again, to whose service I have dedicated my life, and your Eminence your life also.'
'My son, let not your tongue betray you into speaking folly. For shame, my son, for shame!'