It seemed to him to justify the monsignor's low estimation of him that he had entrusted such an important document to a first-grade child. Darragh consoled himself during downfalls with a book of Monsignor Knox's witty essays, The Mass in Slow Motion, in the parlor. Now that the first breath of winter had struck, it provided a congenial corner. Looking through the parlor's side window, he saw the child, Anthony, standing at the door, gathering himself to ring, water in his hair. Darragh moved quickly, to get to the door before the bell alerted Mrs. Flannery. Seeing him, Anthony extended his hand, an envelope in it, spotted with warm rain. “Thank you, Anthony,” said Darragh. “Are you well?” “The Nazis have my father,” said the boy. This seemed to be obviously a quotation from Kate Heggarty. “But it means he'll come home safe.” “Yes,” said Darragh. “And I pray that it's soon.”
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