"Ah, that is better. Of course she has come here to oppose your being here. How will you answer her?"
"Louise is an old friend, and knows me well, and will not argue with me, so it seems to me; and if she should ask me why I'm here and if I intend to remain, it will be easy for me to answer her, "I am here because I am not safe in the world."
"But she'll not understand."
"Yes she will, Mother. Let me see her."
"Perhaps you are fight, Teresa; it will be better for you to see her.
But it is strange she should have come this afternoon."
"Some intuition, some voice must have told her."
"Teresa, those are fancies; you mustn't let your mind run on such things."
They were at the door of the parlour. Evelyn opened it for the
Prioress, allowing her to pass in first.
"Louise, how good of you to come to see me. How did you find my address? Did Mérat give it to you?"
"No, but I have heard—we all know you are thinking of becoming a nun."