 | 1836 - 790 pages
...made of the bones of saints. The Superior told me, in a whisper, it was the time of silence, lint, after arranging my dress, she took from her toilet...and began to eat it, and invited me to do the same ; wliich I declined, being acquainted with the rules of the convent, which are very strict, as will... | |
 | Justin Dewey Fulton - Celibacy - 1888 - 368 pages
...we had permission to walk in one particular path in the garden. This stranger picked up a pear and eat it, and invited me to do the same, which I declined,...with the rules of the convent, which are very strict. She did not regard the rules so strictly as the superior required ; who, being made acquainted with... | |
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A lay sister then entered the room with refreshment, after partaking of which we had permission to walk in one particular path in the garden. This stranger picked up a pear, and began to eat it, and invited me to do the same, which I declined, being acquainted... 