But it must be done at once." "Why ?" she asked.

And she was grave enough now.
"Because they have sent to Rome for a dispensation of your novitiate.
They wish to hurry you into religion at once." "Yes," she said.

"I know.

But why ?" "Because they want your money." "But I have none, or very little.

They have told me so." "That is a lie," said Marcos, bluntly.
"Oh, but you must not say that," she whispered, with a sort of horror.
"Father Muro told me so.