A Sick Call (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Morley Callaghan
- First Published: 1932
- Type of Plot: Domestic realism
- Time of Work: 1932
- Setting: An unspecified city in North America
- Principal Characters: Father Macdowell, Elsa Williams, John Williams, Jane Stanhope
- Genres: Short fiction, Domestic realism
- Subjects: Love or romance, Religion, Ethics, Priests, Eternity
- Locales: North America
The Story
Father Macdowell is an old, slightly deaf priest who always has “to hear more confessions than any other priest at the cathedral.” His vast tolerance and slight deafness seem to account for his popularity as a confessor, yet his massive size hints at another dimension to his character: He is gentle, but he is also formidable in the exercise of his priestly office.
One day, after hearing confessions for many hours, he is reading in the rectory when the house girl informs him that a woman is waiting to see him about a sick call. The tired, old priest asks...
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