Am I shocking you?" She broke off suddenly. Kieth smiled. "You can't shock a monk. He's a professional shock-absorber." "Well," she continued, "that's about all. It seems so—so narrow. Church schools, for instance. There's more freedom about things that Catholic people can't see—like birth control." Kieth winced, almost imperceptibly, but Lois saw it. "Oh," she said quickly, "everybody talks about everything now." "It's probably better that way."
