“It’s O. K. Father, we just want him to have plenty of water.”
The priest sank down into the green chair and picked up a glossy missionary magazine. He turned the colored pages full of lepers and pagans without looking at them.
“You know I can’t do that, Leon. There should have been the Last Rites and a funeral Mass at the very least.”
Leon put on his green cap and pulled the flaps down over his ears. “It’s getting late, Father. I’ve got to go.”
When Leon opened the door Father Paul stood up and said, “Wait.”
—“The Man to Send Rain Clouds,”
Leslie Marmon Silko
What does the last sentence suggest about Father Paul’s attitude and motivation?
He is inspired by Leon’s interest in holy water and is willing to go to the burial.
He has given up on a Christian burial but wants to observe a traditional Pueblo burial.
He sees compromise as the only way to perform the Catholic burial.
He has decided to adopt the practices of the Pueblo to make them trust him.
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