Seven Holy Virtues
III. Charity: Love directed toward God, as well as
oneself and one's neighbors as objects of God's love.
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Reverend Sparrow, after a month in Georgetown, had planned his departure carefully, taking leave from the rectory at dead of night, the parish strongbox tucked under his arm. He walked quickly, keeping to the shadows, but did not move immediately toward the shore and the coastal road, toward the cove where the Pearl lay hidden. No, he detoured into the poorer district, thence to rap on a certain door that was greatly in need of fresh paint.
It opened. "Father, you came!"
"I said I would, did I not?" and managed not to wince as he counted out the gold.