"It's O. K. Father, we just want him to have plenty of water."
The priest sank down into the green chair and
picked up a glossy missionary magazine. He
turned the colored pages full of lepers and
pagans without looking at them.
"You know I can't do that, Leon. There should
have been the Last Rites and a funeral Mass
at the very least."
Leon put on his green cap and pulled the
flaps down over his ears. “It's getting late,
Father. I've got to go."
What inference can you make about Father Paul's
feelings in the beginning of the passage?
He is discouraged because he thinks that the
people are nonbelievers like the ones he
sees in the magazine.
O He is discouraged because Leon sees the
holy water as only water rather than as a holy
symbol
He is determined to fully convert the people
to Christianity so that they will forget their
cultural practices.