23/24 But I mean to do better now, and you will help me, won't you ?' 'That is all I ask! But to tell the truth, I was discouraged to-day, and I have been to ask the advice of a very good man. There! I have told you, and I am glad of it, because I hate secrets! He has promised to come and see you, and talk to you, but now that you are yourself again----' She stopped, as if embarrassed. 'A priest ?' 'Please do not be angry!' Madame Bernard began to repent of what she had done. 'I was so much distressed--I felt that you were slipping out of the world day by day, just dying of a broken heart, so I went to see him this afternoon.' 'I am not going to die,' Angela said confidently. 'Who is he? |