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Hyacinth

CHAPTER XXII
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Amid his unaccustomed surroundings he walked uncertain whether to keep his hat on his head or hold it in his hands.

The English priest, whose name was Austin, got detached from Lady Geoghegan, and picked up a stray nun for himself.

She took him, by his own request, straight to the chapel.

He crossed himself with elaborate care on entering, and knelt for a moment before the altar.

The nun was delighted.
'So you, too, are a Catholic ?' 'Certainly,' he replied briskly--'an English Catholic.' 'Ah! many of our priests go to England.


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