“The Sisters” is a short story about the decline and death of Father Flynn. It is also a story of how such characters as the boy-narrator, Cotter and Eliza interpret the priest`s gradual breakdown. The narrative consists of the three different versions. Readers must assign meaning in their own way to what really happened in the narrative. This task proves frustrating because Cotter is reluctant to betray what he seems to know of the real cause of Father Flynn`s case. The boy-narrator provides readers invaluable hints but adroitly avoids telling all. Eliza interprets her brother`s case with good, faithful intentions. Readers therefore fumble in deciphering the scanty, unwillingly-given data. To unravel the cause and effect of Flynn`s case is not this paper`s concern. Much has been said about it. Rather, this paper concerns the task of a reader preoccupied with interpretation. We ask again and again how various guesses, imagination and reasonable doubt are justified? We also ask if a definite, final meaning of the narrative exists? This leads nowhere exactly, yet it is worth pursuing because, as we well know, that is what reading is about. Rereading “The Sisters” is no exception. Dense and opaque as its narrative surface may be, it yet provides great joy and encouragement for us willingly intrigued readers.