"If he gives me permission---" "If you please, sir, Father--Father Dolan must not know her name.

You will not tell him ?" "I do not know it myself yet," said the priest, smiling.
The stranger sat back abruptly at that, and his face worked.
"Well, sir, let me tell you this first.

This old lady's son is my employer, and a very prominent Communist.

She lives with him and his wife.

The other two will be away to-night.