Describe Dunstan’s experiences with Jesuits of the Societe des Bollandistes.

Dunstan learns about a group of Jesuits known as Bollandists. They specialize in hagiography: the study of saints. This brotherhood sounds right up Dunstan's alley!

Dunstan and Padre Blazon take to dining out and having deep discussions. While on a trip together to Vienna, Dunstan shares his theory about Mary Dempster. Though Blazon acknowledges that she might have performed the requisite three miracles, he doubts the Church would ever consider canonizing her. However, he questions why Dunstan cares what the Church thinks. For him, a miracle can be judged subjectively, and still be legitimate.

Padre Blazon also discusses how everybody needs a teacher - he himself wants someone to teach him how to be old. Blazon speculates that Dunstan needs to discover what Mary Dempster has to teach him. Blazon also suggests that perhaps Mary Dempster delivered Dunstan from the snowball just as she delivered him to safety on the battlefield. Overall, Blazon says that Mrs. Dempster is very much a part of Dunstan’s personal mythology, a part he needs to understand before the mystery drives him mad.