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Dunstan continues his study of saints and has established himself to be a scholar and author. He has doubts about his life and decides to visit the Jesuit Bollandists on his next trip to Europe, a group of people who specialize in the study of saints. He then meets a priest named Padre Ignacio Blazon and opens up about his theory of Mary Dempster becoming a saint. The priest rejects the idea, but mentions that meeting Mary Dempster has a lesson in itself that Dustan needs to discover or he may go mad. Back in Canada, Dustan listens to Boy’s drama and keeps his infidelities a secret. Leola finds out about his affair, which Boy obviously denies. In an act of desperation , Leola tries to seduce Dustan, but he then rejects her kindly. Later,

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