Mission. They say he's awful rich."

"No, I don' know him."

"His stepdaughter wants to be a nun. Just fancy! And Mr. Oelbermann
won't have it. He says it would be just like burying his child. Yes,
she wants to enter the convent of the Sacred Heart. Are you a Catholic,
Doctor McTeague?"

"No. No, I--"

"Papa is a Catholic. He goes to Mass on the feast days once in a while.
But mamma's Lutheran."

"The Catholics are trying to get control of the schools," observed
McTeague, suddenly remembering one of Marcus's political tirades.

"That's what cousin Mark says. We are going to send the twins to the
kindergarten next month."

"What's the kindergarten?"

"Oh, they teach them to make things out of straw and toothpicks--kind of
a play place to keep them off the street."

"There's one up on Sacramento Street, not far from Polk Street. I saw
the sign."

"I know where. Why, Selina used to play the piano there."