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TROUBLE AT IIOME 45

"I have made such a voyage," I complained, "with
so many troubles and difficulties. I succeeded in
procuring precious letters of introduction. And all
in vain. What should I do now?"
Thereupon the Reverend Father said, "You must
go o_n for the present, proceeding the same way."
AII of a sridden the following words came to my
mind, and I pronounced them in a strong and firm
tone: "God. .. is. .. not... obliged.. . to. . .
give . . . an . . account . . to man . . . for
. . . what. . . He. . . does."
The Pro-vincial $tared at me fixedly for a long
time but said not a word. Then I took leave of him.
I went to Louvain and met my good advisor. I
gave him an account of my conference with the
Father Provincial and of his opposition.
"To tell the truth," Father Van de Kerckhove
told me, "I have just received a letter from him,
directing me to dissuade y9u from your enterprise."
"That," I answered, "is easy enough. I am ready
for it if you take on your conscience all the damage
that will result from abandoning the good woik
undertaken."
"Not at all," he exclaimed with great energy.
"That I shall not do. My personal opinion is that
you have to continue on to the realization of your
plan."
I believe that he added: "It is only through obedi
ence that I propose to you to abandon the mission.,'
I told him that in view of his personal opinion I
was resolved to pursue my labors, since I had always
followed his guidance.
Then very quietly he asked me to return all his
letters and the tesrimonial letter which he had given