“Can I do nothing more for you?”
“Nothing, I believe.—Did you prepare for the priesthood?”
“No. I had neither inclination nor vocation.”
“I am sorry.”
“Adolph you are very sick—sick, less from the pain of your wound than from the tumult of your mind. I am unable to assist you. Let me invite in a clergyman, who is in the hospital.”
“Are there any here?”
“One. The terrible state of the wounded in some of the wards has compelled the officer to admit a priest.”
“Is there contagious disease?”
“Yes.”
“Do you not fear for yourself?”