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When Jackie falls out of the confessional and Nora slaps his ear for his mistake, the priest reacts with this “hiss.” It seems that he disapproves of violence, particularly against children, because he scolds Nora for hitting Jackie. He appears not to believe that Jackie should be punished at all for his innocent mistake. It seems that he is the first character in the story to understand the difference between intentional wrongdoing and innocent errors, and he is teaching Nora not to be so harsh to Jackie for an innocent error.
However, he also calls Nora a “vixen” which is…