Joseph, which overlooked this spot,
considered particularly sacred to prayer and meditation.
The sight of Mere Esther, followed by the well-known figures of
Amelie and Heloise, caused every head to turn with a look of
recognition; but the nuns were too well disciplined to express
either surprise or curiosity in the presence of Mere Migeon, however
much they felt of both. They stood apart at a sign from the Lady
Superior, leaving her with a nun attendant on each side to receive
Mere Esther and her two companions.
Mere Migeon de la Nativite was old in years, but fresh in looks and
alert in spirit. Her features were set in that peculiar expression
of drooping eyelids and placid lips which belongs to the Convent,
but she could look up and flash out on occasion with an air of
command derived from high birth and a long exercise of authority as
Superior of the Ursulines, to which office the community had elected
her as many trienniums as their rules permitted.
Mere Migeon had been nearly half a century a nun, and felt as much
pride as humility in the reflection.
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