human
But Mary is all I have, cried my mother,
gpt
It's hard, I know it's hard for you, my daughter. But perhaps it's best for the child that she should go away from home--perhaps it's all God's blessed and holy will. Remember there's a certain person here who isn't kind to our little innocent, and is making her a cause of trouble. Not that I think she is actuated by evil intentions. . . .
human
But she is, she is,
gpt
Then all the more reason why Mary should go to the convent--for a time at all events.
human
Let her be sent to a Convent in the island then.
gpt
I thought of that, but there isn't one,
human
Then . . . then . . . then take her to the Presbytery, said my mother.
gpt
Dear, dear Father, she pleaded,
human
It would be beautiful, said Father Dan, reaching over to touch my arm.
gpt
To have our little Mary in my dull old house would be like having the sun there always. But there are reasons why a young girl should not be brought up in the home of a priest, so it is better that our little precious should go to Rome.
human
Then wisha, my daughter, think what a good thing it will be for the child. She will be one of the children of the Infant Jesus first, then a child of Mary, and then of the Sacred heart itself. And then remember, Rome! The holy city! The city of the Holy Father! Why, who knows, she may even see himself some day!
gpt
Yes, yes, I know,
human
Would my Mary like to go--leaving her mamma but coming home in the holidays--would she?