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"You will think that in all this I have also forgotten you, child Far

froh March You would

not be happy there, nor am I in a position to ood nuns, and be useful to them, and

happy with them You shall learn to serve God, so that in tihts about monks, that I do not

like them But nuns are quite otherwise Our Lord Jesus was served by

toious

wo order--a sister of Saint Clare,

or of the order of Mount Carmel The point is, I believe, still in

doubt So you see that you have excellent examples before you to

persevere When I have put h March I will

come and see you; and as you are my wife, if any trouble should co frorief, send me word, and I will never fail you Moreover, have no

doubts of entleman, Isoult, as you know And

indeed such pranks are not to irl's shoulder It was almost

more than she could endure At first her blank and sheer dismay had

been almost coibberish The even flow of his reasoning went on, and with it

a high satisfaction in all his plans patent even to her cloudy

intellect; gradually thus the truth dawned upon her, and as he