“But have you an idea of what life you wish to lead?”
“No, I don’t think I have; I only know that I am not happy in my present life.”
“I believe you see a good deal of Sir Owen Asher. He helped you, did he not, in your musical education?”
“Yes,” she answered under her breath. “He is an intimate friend.” In a moment of unexpected courage, she said, “Do you know him, Monsignor?”
“I have heard a good deal about him, and nothing, I regret to say, to his credit. He is, I believe, an avowed atheist, and does not hesitate to declare his unbelief in every society, and to make open boast of an immoral life. He has read and tried to understand a little more than the people with whom he associates. I suppose the doubts you entertain regarding the doctrine of the Church are the result of his teach
