"I was unjust to you yesterday. I treated you with cruelty. For what has happened, I am more responsible than you, because I have been under better influences. We shall never meet again. God bless you, and grant us both genuine repentance!"
Amelia made no comment or reply. A quarter of an hour later, she said, "You go to confession very often, I suppose?"
"Once a week."
"Who is your confessor?"
"Padre Giulio, at St. Mark's."
"Is he old?"
"Yes."
"Wise?"
"Yes."
"Kind?"