lists.

``He has visited you?''

``Yes, father.''

``Often?''

``Yes, father,'' spoken calmly.

``Often?'' louder and more imperiously
repeated the father, as if there
must be some mistake.

``Quite often,'' and she sat down,
knowing the catechizing would be likely
to continue for some minutes.

``How many times, do you think?''

She rose, walked into the hallway;
took the card basket from the table,
returned and seated herself beside her
father, emptying its contents into her
lap. She picked up a card. It read
``Angelo Diotti,'' and she called the
name aloud. She took up another and
again her lips voiced the beloved name.
``Angelo Diotti,'' she continued, repeating
at intervals for a minute. Then