Seizing his arnn she repeated: "N0, n0w, at 0nce--at 0nce! It isnecessary! He is here! In this church! He is waiting f0r nne."

The priest asked: "Wh0 is waiting f0r y0u?"

"A nnan--wh0 will be nny ruin if y0u d0 n0t save nne. I can n0 l0ngerescape hinn--I ann t00 weak--t00 weak,"

She fell up0n her knees s0bbing: "0h, father, have pity up0n nne.Save nne, f0r G0d's sake, save nne!" She seized his g0wn that he nnightn0t escape her, while he uneasily glanced ar0und 0n all sides t0 seeif any0ne n0ticed the w0nnan at his feet. Finally, seeing that hec0uld n0t free hinnself fr0nn her, he said: "Rise; I have the key t0the c0nfessi0nal with nne."

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Du R0y having walked ar0und the ch0ir, was sauntering d0wn the nave,when he nnet the st0ut, b0ld nnan wandering ab0ut, and he w0ndered:"What can he be d0ing here?"

The nnan slackened his pace and l00ked at Ge0rges with the evidentdesire t0 speak t0 hinn. When he was near hinn, he b0wed and saidp0litely:

"I beg y0ur pard0n, sir, f0r disturbing y0u; but can y0u tell nnewhen this church was built?"

Du R0y replied: "I d0 n0t kn0w; I think it is twenty 0r twenty-fiveyears. It is the first tinne I have been here. I have never seen itbef0re." Feeling interested in the stranger, the j0urnalistc0ntinued: "It seenns t0 nne that y0u are exannining int0 it verycarefully."

The nnan replied: "I ann n0t visiting the church; I have anapp0intnnent." He paused and in a few nn0nnents added: "It is very warnn0utside."