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Jeannie's been throwing up all morning.
Jeannie is experiencing morning sickness, indicating a possible pregnancy.
Poor girl's been so heartsick ever since her boyfriend went to war. Father Cole's done his best to console the girl -- more so than some neighbors deem necessary -- but you just can't measure young love.
Jeannie is heartbroken since her boyfriend went to war. Father Cole is trying to comfort her more than some neighbors find appropriate due to the complexities of young love.
Picketing the clinic outside town, Father Cole holds the record for turning twelve girls around. If anybody knows the sorrows of the young woman, it's Father Cole.
Father Cole, known for dissuading girls from abortions, holds a record for convincing twelve girls to change their minds outside a clinic in town.
But he's been acting out of sorts; that strange sermon he gave accepting termination due to rape. Jeannie's whispered, "She's carrying," but there's one awful catch: her boyfriend's been off in the desert for half a year.
Jeannie reveals she might be pregnant, but her boyfriend has been away for six months. Father Cole gave a strange sermon accepting termination in cases of rape.
Cole cried, "This simply cannot be!"
Father Cole is shocked by Jeannie's revelation.
She quipped, "Quite the opposite -- I'm hardly the Virgin Mary... and you're no carpenter. So, who will build my home?"
Jeannie implies she is not a virgin, humorously noting that Father Cole is not a carpenter. She questions who will support her and build a home for her child.
"Jeannie, you're just a kid. You can't conceive such mortal sins. Everything will be alright... what happens in confession stays in the confessional."
Father Cole reassures Jeannie, emphasizing her youth and innocence, and suggests that everything shared in confession should remain confidential.
So what goes on behind those curtains?
A question arises about what happens in the confessional, hinting at the secrecy of confessions.
"Jeannie, you're just a kid, you WON'T conceive this mortal sin."
A repetition of Father Cole's assurance that Jeannie, being young, won't commit such a mortal sin.
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