Our Lady knoweth, I speak not lightly, unadvisedly nor wantonly; but were Seraphine such an one as this, I should say; 'Leave the door on the latch.

Without permission, yet without reproach--let her go.'" "Were Seraphine such an one as that, my lord," said the Prioress, firmly, "then would there be no question of her going.

If the cornerstone of character be loyalty, the very essential of loyalty is the keeping of vows." "Quite so," murmured the Bishop; "undoubtedly, my daughter.

Unless, by some strange fatality, those vows were made under a total misapprehension.

You tell me Sister Seraphine expected a man to intervene ?" The Bishop sat up, of a sudden keenly alert.