At the Convent School of the Sisters of the True Faith his services were required once a fortnight; for there were many beds; but his coming was none the less exciting for its frequency.

He was the only man allowed inside the door.

Father Muro was, it seemed, not counted as a man.

And in truth a priest is often found to possess many qualities which are essentially small and feminine.
The mattress-maker of Pampeluna was a thin man with a ropy neck, and keen black eyes that flashed hither and thither through the mist of wool and dust in which he worked.

He was considered so essentially a domestic and harmless person that he was permitted to go where he listed in the house and high-walled garden.