At last those who had been listening felt satisfied of his sincerity, and went back to the General and told him there was no fault to be found in him.
But so effectually had he preached, and so salutary had been his warnings, that the next day the lady entered a convent, to be a penitent all her days.
[1] Pius VI., who reigned 1775–1799. [↑]
S. GIUSEPPE LABRE.[1]
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‘There was Giuseppe Labre too, and many wonderful things he did; he was a great saint, as all the people in the Monti[2] knew. I don’t know if they’ve put all about him in books yet; if so, you may have read it; but I can’t read.’
‘I know a Life of him has been published; but tell me what you have heard about him all the same.’