"I, Mamma Maria," said Angel, "know the Three Persons, the Father who is God, the Son who is God, and the Holy Ghost, who is a dove."
"How stupid you are!" exclaimed his mother.
"Daughter," remarked Maria, "no one is born instructed. Child," she continued, "the Dove is a symbol, the Holy Spirit is God, the same as the Father and the Son."
Each child pulling at its grandmother as it spoke:
"I know the commandments of God," said one.
"And I, those of the church," said the other.
"I the sacraments."
"And I the gifts of the Holy Spirit."
"I--"
"Enough, and too much," exclaimed Rita; "you are going to say the whole catechism; or perhaps this is an infant school! What a pleasant diversion!"