"Do you know the new Director?"

"Not personally; but he is very highly spoken
of. Monsignor Belloni, who writes, says that he
is a man of great erudition."

"The seminary will miss you terribly."

"I don't know about the seminary, but I am sure
you will miss me, carino; perhaps almost as much
as I shall miss you."

"I shall indeed; but I am very glad, for all
that."

"Are you? I don't know that I am." He sat
down at the table with a weary look on his face;
not the look of a man who is expecting high
promotion.

"Are you busy this afternoon, Arthur?" he said
after a moment. "If not, I wish you would stay
with me for a while, as you can't come to-night.
I am a little out of sorts, I think; and I want to
see as much of you as possible before leaving."

"Yes, I can stay a bit. I am due at six."

"One of your meetings?"