Word: repenting
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...hitherto been only a perfunctory Catholic and thus avoids the problem of his sin until the issue is forced by the return of his wife and the anticipation of their customary joint confession. He manages, however, to confess to the priest alone, but will not repent. The major is torn between Catholic judgement, in which he believes, and another morality which will not allow him to hurt either his wife or his mistress. ("I cannot love God at the expense of one of his creatures.") His solution of suicide is made with this set of values. He kills himself...