I did sit beside her.

The child was troubled.

I comforted her.

Where was the harm ?" "The harm ?" quoth he.

"And you had your arm about her--and you to be a priest one day ?" "And why not, pray ?" quoth I."Is this some new sin that you have discovered--or that you have kept hidden from me until now?
To console the afflicted is an ordination of Mother Church; to love our fellow-creatures an ordination of our Blessed Lord Himself.