human
The Bishop is staying with me over the wedding, and he is in such a fury that . . . Don't worry. It will be all right. But . . .
gpt
Yes?
human
Did you see young Martin Conrad while you were in Rome?
gpt
And did anything pass between you . . . about your marriage, I mean?
human
Because he has written a long letter to the Bishop denouncing it, and calling on him to stop it.
gpt
To stop it?
human
That's so. He says it is nothing but trade and barter, and if the Church is willing to give its blessing to such rank commercialism, let it bless the Stock Exchange, let it sanctify the slave market.
gpt
Well?
human
The Bishop threatens to tell your father. 'Who is this young man,' he says, 'who dares to . . .' But if I thought there was nothing more to your marriage than . . . If I imagined that what occurred in the case of your dear mother . . . But that's not all.
gpt
Not all?
human
No. Martin has written to me too, saying worse--far worse.
gpt
What does he say, Father Dan?
human
I don't really know if I ought to tell you, I really don't. Yet if it's true . . . if there's anything in it . . .