Sooner or later (those were
his exact words) I must be taken into his confidence--and it should be
now. He told me his melancholy story. I implore you, Father, don't ask
me to repeat it! Be content if I tell you the effect of it on myself.
The one hope, the one consolation for him, is in our holy religion. With
all my heart I devote myself to his conversion--and, in my inmost soul,
I feel the conviction that I shall succeed!'
"To this effect, and in this tone, Penrose spoke. I abstained from
pressing him to reveal Romayne's confession. The confession is of no
consequence to us. You know how the moral force of Arthur's earnestness
and enthusiasm fortifies his otherwise weak character. I, too, believe
he will succeed.
"To turn for a moment to another subject. You are already informed that
there is a woman in our way. I have my own idea of the right method of
dealing with this obstacle when it shows itself more plainly. For the
present, I need only assure you that neither this woman nor any woman
shall succeed in her designs on Romayne, if I can prevent it.
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