I Often Remembered Also That I Had

Unfortunately, I Was Not Wise Enough To Listen To Her Advice, And Hastily Married. In A Few Weeks, I Had Occasion To Repent Of The Step I Had Taken, As The Report Proved True - A Report Which I Thought Justified, And Indeed Required, Our Separation.

On The Day, Therefore, When I Went To The Church To Be Confirmed, With A Number Of Others, I Suffered Extremely From The Reproaches Of My Conscience.

I Have Hardly Detained The Reader Long Enough On The Subject, To Give Him A Just Impression Of The Stress Laid On Confession. It Is One Of The Great Points To Which Our Attention Was Constantly Directed.

I Must Be Informed, That One Of My Great Duties Was, To Obey The Priests In All Things; And This I Soon Learnt, To My Utter Astonishment And Horror, Was To Live In The Practice Of Criminal Intercourse With Them.

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.