dear sister think on the matter?"

Haec.--"Ah, she knew not what to think, had asked the priest
about it."

Illa.--"And what did he say?"

Haec.--"He laughed at her."

Illa.--"Just like him, the lewd, hypocritical pharisee."

Haec.--"Eh? she was too hard on the good priest. He was a
pure and upright servant of God."

Illa.--"Ay, as Judas was. Had not sister Dorothea
heard----"

Haec.--"No; for God's sake, what? The dear sister frightened
her already."

Illa.--"First, you confess that the priest laughed when you
talked about chastity?"

Haec.--"Yes, true, ah, indeed true."

Illa.--"Then you remember that he preached a sermon lately
upon adul--upon adul--. No, she never could utter the word--the
horrible word. Upon the seventh commandment, to the great scandal
of the entire convent?"