Three ladies are too great a charge for one so aged.

We will not impose it." The face of the young man was calm and stern, but he spoke without visible temper, until the priest prepared to pass him.
Then he stretched out his arm as a barrier.
"Fray Ignatius, you have already passed beyond the threshold; permit me to remind you of Dr.Worth's words on that subject." "I put my duty before any man's words." "Sir, for my mother's sake, I would not be disrespectful; but I assure you, also, that I will not permit any man, while I live, to disregard my father's orders regarding his own household." "I must see the Senora." "That, I reply, is impossible." "Presume not--dare not to interfere with a priest in the duty of his office.

It is a mortal sin.

The curse of the Church will rest upon you.
"The curse of the Church will not trouble me.

But to treat my father's known wishes with contempt--that is an act of dishonor and disobedience which I will not be guilty of." "Santa Maria! Suffer not my spirit to be moved by this wicked one.