"Sorrow is not for eternity.  But the Truth is you've been preoccupied with that young fellow who may or may not be our brother Michael.  Now wait - in the first place it is not for you to judge the instrument used to call you from the pasture.  In the second place it is not he who vexes you - you hardly knew him - what's bothering you is that little brunette secretary you had.  She had earned my kiss quite some temporal period before you were called.  Hadn't she?"