If they weren't in a church, and if a very nice lady wasn't standing behind Mable right then, she really would have spat on Francis.  She didn't care about being nice!  She cared about finding Father Brennan!

"You're useless," she said to him, using her small stature to wiggle between Francis and the door frame.  Mable had no idea where she was going, and stopped a few steps past.  Reluctantly turned her head to look at Francis.

"Do you know which room is Fathers?"