Elijah tried to hide the joy at the return of Father Richards and looked to Rose quickly at her cold reception. "It is alright. Had I known I would have let someone know not to bring me any. But he came and he checked on me earlier. He is more than welcome to stay." He smiled apologetically to Gabriel.
"I am sorry. This is Rose, she is a long time family friend.' He didn't know why he felt the need to be clear. "Rose, this is Father Richards, I mentioned him. You might disagree religiously... but I really think you could get along. " He wanted to stress that he wanted them to, but he sort of knew that was very hard on Rose's end. "He really changed my life around and helped me see things more positively.." He added towards Rose. He wanted to say almost anything to keep Gabriel there.