A courier-had announced my intended arrival, and I found all the
good sisters impatient to see me. What eager curiosity did the
pious nuns evince to behold one of whom they had heard so much
even in their quiet retreat, and how many questions had I to reply
to from those who had the courage to address me. Alas! I, of
all the throng assembled, was the most anxious for quiet and solitude.
I was lodged in the best apartments, which, however magnificent
the good people of
might consider them, were
not on a par with the granaries of Lucienne. But complaint was
useless, and I could only resign myself to what was offered me.
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