No one who sits in the position of a minister is a fool.
What Jane Sampson had said was indeed very tactful, her lengthy speech not a single word of which was straightforward, but Father Carter understood.
He grasped that Jane Sampson was indirectly asking Jillian Carter not to pester her husband.
Father Carter's face grew dark at once.
It was one thing to deceive family.
As the daughter of a defender, knowing full well that many things should not be done in relations to the defender's duties, yet she still went ahead and did them, that was truly the most disappointing thing to Father Carter.
"I'm sorry, it's my fault for not disciplining my daughter properly," Father Carter expressed deep self-reproach, and then stood up to bow slightly to Jane Sampson, "I'm sorry, and also, thank you for your husband saving my daughter."
