"I know, Sister, we ought not to waste time talking, but Teresa asked
me about my counterpart." Evelyn felt the blood rising to her face,
and she turned away so that Angela might not see it.
"And you've told her?"
"Yes. And you, Sister Angela, have got a counterpart; won't you tell
Teresa about him?"
And then, unable to repress herself at that moment, Evelyn turned to
Angela, saying:
"It began about Sister Mary John--who left the convent to my great
grief, so Veronica tells me, because she believed herself to be my
counterpart."
At this, Angela's face grew suddenly very grave, and she said:
"Of course, Teresa, she would leave the convent if she believed that;
but there was no reason for her believing it?"
"None," Evelyn answered, feeling a little frightened. "None. But what
do you mean?"
"Only this, that our counterparts are in heaven; but there are
counterparts and counterparts. One--I cannot explain now, dear, for I
was sent by the Prioress to ask you, Veronica, to go to her room; she
wants to speak to you. And I must go back to the novitiate. I
suppose," she added, "Veronica has told you that our counterparts are
a little secret among ourselves? Mother Hilda knows nothing of them.
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