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Tada Cuda:
You were sent here or you asked to come?

Father Howard:
I was sent by the diocese, when Father Carelli retired.

Tada Cuda:
Retired? Huh! Father Carelli is younger than I am. He asked to leave. He left like the rest of them. He thinks this town is finished!

Father Howard:
[With mock solemnity] No, he has cancer. He's very near the end. In fact, I haven't heard, he may be gone. [Crosses himself]