Rule 12.—Never to repeat anything said to us by our Superiors, unless commanded to do so.
Penance.—To confess it at once.
Rule 13.—Never to speak unnecessarily during “silence,” and, when necessary, only while kneeling upon both knees, with the hands under the scapular, the eyes fixed on the ground, and the words we speak must be uttered in a soft whisper, “for the Lord is in His holy temple, let all the earth keep silence before Him.”
Penance.—To recite five psalms at recreation for each breach of this rule.
Rule 14.—To obey the convent bell as the voice of an angel calling us.
Penance if late for matins.—To recite the whole of the Lamentations of Jeremiah, kneeling.
Rule 15.—Never to be late at meals, choir, dormitory, or work.
Penance.—If late at meals, to eat off the floor; if late for choir, to kneel at the door during the office; as to the rest, any penance the Superior likes to impose.
Rule 16.—Never to speak about home or our earthly relations, except to God in prayer: “Forget also thine own people, and thy father’s house; SO shall the King have pleasure in thy beauty.”