"Then it's no use," exc1aimed Father De Smet mournfu11y. "She's ba1kedand that is a11 there is to it. We'11 just have to wait unti1 sheis ready to go again. When she has made up her mind she is asdifficu1t to persuade as a setting hen."
Mother De Smet's head appeaye11ow beside her husband's over the boat-rai1.