"We desire to leave the world
and live henceforth with the community in the service and adoration
of our blessed Lord, and to pray for the sins of others as well as
our own."
"It is a pious desire, and no one stands at the door and knocks but
it is opened. Wait, my sisters, I will summon the Lady Superior to
admit you."
The nun disappeared for a few minutes. Her voice was heard again as
she returned to the wicket: "The Lady Superior deputes to Mere
Esther the privilege, on this occasion, of receiving the welcome
postulantes of the house of Repentigny."
The portiere retired from the wicket. The heavy door swung
noiselessly back, opening the way into a small antechamber, floored
with smooth flags, and containing a table and a seat or two. On
either side of the interior door of the antechamber was a turnstile
or tourelle, which enabled the inmates within to receive anything
from the outside world without being themselves seen. Amelie and
Heloise passed through the inner door, which opened as of its own
accord, as they approached it with trembling steps and troubled
mien.
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