Doubt Page #2

don't they?

Is Father Flynn in Doubt?

Is he concerned that

someone else is in Doubt?

I suppose you'd have to ask him.

No, that would not be appropriate.

He is my superior.

And if he were troubled,

he should confess it to a fellow priest,

or to the Monsignor.

We do not share intimate

information with priests.

- No.

- That's true.

- What are we saying?

- I want you all to be alert.

I am concerned, perhaps needlessly,

about matters in St. Nicholas School.

Academically?

I was not inviting a guessing game,

Sister Raymond.

Missy! Get away from her. And sit down.

May I join you, Sister Aloysius?

Yes.

- Chicken Chow Mein.

- Sister Veronica's favorite.

- It's very good.

- I like the noodles. I like the crunch.

- What happened to William London?

- I sent him home.

Oh dear. So he's still bleeding?

Yes.

His nose just let loose and started

gushing during the Pledge of Allegiance.

Was it spontaneous?

- What?

- His nosebleed.

- What else would it be?

- Self-induced.

You mean you think he might've

intentionally given himself a nosebleed?

Exactly.

No.

You are a very innocent person,

Sister James.

William London is a fidgety boy.

If you do not keep right on him,

he will do anything to escape his chair.

He would set his foot on fire

for half a day out of school.

Here. Sister, allow me to help you.

Your sleeve.

Mmm. Let's see.

Oh thank you, Sister.

- Sister Veronica is going blind.

- Oh how horrible!

If they find out in the rectory,

she'll be gone.

So, if she looks unsteady,

take her hand.

Ordinarily, I assign my most experienced

teachers to eighth grade,

but I am working within constraints.

- Are you in control of your class?

- I think so.

Usually more students

are sent down to me.

- I try to take care of things myself.

- That can be an error.

You are answerable to me,

I to the Monsignor, he to the Bishop,

and so on up to the Holy Father.

There is a chain. Make use of it.

- Candy?

- Cough drops.

Candy by another name.

- How is Donald Miller doing?

- Steady.

Good.

That girl... Noreen Horan.

I've seated her as far away from the

boys as possible. Doesn't do much good.

Just get her through. Intact.

What's this?

The wind is so... peripatetic this year.

Is that the word I want?

Is something the matter?

- What?

- Is something the matter?

No. Why? Is something the matter?

- I don't think so.

- Well, then, nothing's the matter then.

- Yes.

- What's this?

- A pen?

- A ballpoint pen.

The students are not using them

for assignments, I hope?

- No, of course not. - I'm sorry I allowed

even cartridge pens into this school.

Always the easy way out these days.

Every easy choice today

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