He gripped his knees with his hands in an agony of consternation.

He would go mad if he could not remember.

Or at least----Ah! here was Father Jervis coming back again.
The two sat quite silent again for a moment, as the car moved off.
"Tell me," said the priest suddenly, "don't you remember faces, or people's names ?" The other concentrated his mind fiercely for a moment or two.
"I remember some faces--yes," he said.

"And I remember some names.
But I cannot remember which faces belong to which names.

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