Father Matthew left the confessional deeply disturbed. He had, of course, handed out penance, which he always did, but he had also handed out advice. He wasn’t sure he had done the right thing, or that his advice was the appropriate way to help the penitent ease his conscience. He closed the confessional booth, and went home to meditate on his actions. He also believed that he had enough of an interesting tale to turn the story over to Father Warren, his alter-ego. He felt that it was a story on