not exist it would have been more difficult, perhaps impossible,

for them to use all their powers to torment people, as they were

now doing, with a quiet conscience. The inspector was such a

kind-hearted man that he could not have lived as he was now

living unsupported by his faith. Therefore, he stood motionless,

bowed and crossed himself zealously, tried to feel touched when

the song about the cherubims was being sung, and when the

children received communion he lifted one of them, and held him