Small Things like These by Claire Keegan

This is a short novella which I think raises some very big questions.
Bill Furlong delivers coal in a small Irish town.  It is 1985 and the Magdelene Laundry system, cruelly run by the Catholic Church, still exists for young women .  Bill is a good man.  Loving to his wife and five children. Responsible to the workers he employs.  A man of faith.  One day, while delivering coal to St. Margarets Home, he encounters a young woman who is hiding in the coal chute.  She is cold and afraid. She claims it's a game played by the girls in the home.  It's not his problem.  When it happens again, he becomes concerned.  Does he leave her there? Is something bad happening? How complicit would he be, if he does not get involved? It's not anything he has done, and interfering might affect his business and eventually his ability to care for his family. Are there decision points in our lives that move us from being good to doing good?  Are we required to act on them to continue seeing ourselves as good people.  Things to think about.