“But I can’t say ‘I’m sorry.’ I can’t give that to God. It’s too much. I’ve already returned to Him the best gift He ever gave me.” Father LeTour at last came to soft-spoken life. “And what was that?” “The man I loved.” “Did you give him back to God in the spirit of a gift?” Tim had to admit that that hadn’t been the case; his return of Hawkins to God had been grudging and desperate. “No, Father.” “Can you give him back to God in that spirit?” “Yes!” said Tim, well above the confessional’s normal whisper. “I can.” “Then say three Hail Marys and do that. God loves you.” A little before eleven
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