Do you understand ?' Sister Giovanna's eyes opened wide in amazement, but there was a forelightening of joy in her face.
'You ?' she cried.

'But I knew my mother--my father----' 'No.

She whom you called your mother was my elder sister.

I ran away with the man I loved, because he was a Protestant and poor, and my parents would not allow the marriage.

We were married in his Church, but my family would have nothing more to do with me.