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Could n't you let the Missis take care of the children at this Mass ? McGarvey wants to talk over something with us . He 's sick and ca n't get out . We 'd both go to the ` nine o'clock ' and that will miss the sermon , too . '' Mr. O'Brien nodded his head complacently . They had reached the front of the church , and whom should they meet but Father Collins hurrying out from the vestry on his way to the rectory across the street . `` Good morning , Father , '' cried the children in chorus , just as they did when one of the priests visited their room in the parochial school .