THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
GLUTTONY
——— DOCTOR GASTERINI
GLUTTONY.
CHAPTER I.
Toward the end of the month of October, 18—, the following conversation occurred in the convent of St. Rosalie, between the mother superior, whose name was Sister Prudence, and a certain Abbé Ledoux, whom perhaps the readers of these recitals will remember.
The abbé had just entered the private parlour of Sister Prudence, a woman about fifty years old, with a pale and serious face and a sharp, penetrating eye.
"Well, dear abbé," said she, "what news from Dom Diégo? When will he arrive?"
"The canon has arrived, my dear sister."