The confessor's words had produced their effect.
Henceforth she would never stoop so low again.

She was ready to go out into the world now, and she felt no fear.

It was more from habit than for the sake of saying a prayer that she knelt in the church after her confession, for she felt very strong.

She rose to her feet presently, and moved towards the door: she had not gone half the length of the church when she came face to face with Donna Tullia Mayer.
It was a strange coincidence.

The ladies of Rome frequently go to the church of the Capuchins, as Corona had done, to seek the aid and counsel of Padre Filippo, but Corona had never met Donna Tullia there.