I Have, I Think, Afforded Every Opportunity

Some Of The Priests From The Seminary Were In The Nunnery Every Day And Night, And Often Several At A Time.

Standing Near The Door, We Dipped Our Fingers In The Holy Water, Crossed And Blessed Ourselves, And Proceeded Up To The Sleeping-room, In The Usual Order, Two By Two.

I Often Remembered Also That I Had Been Told, That We Shall Have As Many Devils Biting Us, If We Go To Hell, As We Have Unconfessed Sins On Our Consciences.

All Around Me Insisted That My Doubts Proved Only My Own Ignorance And Sinfulness; That They Knew By Experience They Would Soon Give Place To True Knowledge, And An Advance In Religion; And I Felt Something Like Indecision.

So Far As I Know, There Were No Pains Taken To Preserve Secrecy On This Subject; That Is, I Saw No Attempt Made To Keep Any Of The Inmates Of The Convent In Ignorance Of The Murder Of Children.