"Mother, you might have let her stay, for my sake."
"I allowed her to see you before she left, and that was the most I could do, under the circumstances."
"The most you could do under the circumstances? I don't understand.
Mother, you might have asked her to wait. She acted on impulse."
"No, Teresa, she came to me some weeks ago to tell me of her scruples."
"Scruples! Her love of me, you mean?"
"I see she has told you. Yes."
The Prioress was about to ask her about her vows; but the present was not the moment to do so, and she allowed Evelyn to go back to the sacristy.
XXIX
"Veronica, she has gone away for good—gone away to France. All I could do—Now I am alone here, with nobody."
"But, Teresa, I don't understand. What are you speaking about?" Evelyn told her of Sister Miry John's departure. "You cared for her a great deal, one could see that."