head once more and began to assert its rights. And up to Easter,

during two whole days, an unconscious, ceaseless inner struggle

He knew in the depths of his soul that he ought to go away, that

there was no real reason for staying on with his aunts, knew that

no good could come of it; and yet it was so pleasant, so

delightful, that he did not honestly acknowledge the facts to

himself and stayed on. On Easter eve, the priest and the deacon

who came to the house to say mass had had (so they said) the