“Ask me an easier one,” said Mr. Henchy.

“Fanning and himself seem to me very thick. They’re often in Kavanagh’s together. Is he a priest at all?”

“Mmmyes, I believe so.⁠ ⁠… I think he’s what you call a black sheep. We haven’t many of them, thank God! but we have a few.⁠ ⁠… He’s an unfortunate man of some kind.⁠ ⁠…”

“And how does he knock it out?” asked Mr. O’Connor.

“That’s another mystery.”

“Is he attached to any chapel or church or institution or⁠—”