Note 2 — NUN BEATRICE.1

Nun Beatrice had not altogether the true spirit of a religious: she was somewhat given to vanity;2 though but for this she was a good nun, and full of excellent dispositions. She held the office of portress;3 and, as she determined to go away out of her convent and return into the world, this seemed to afford her a favourable opportunity for carrying out her design. Accordingly, one day when the house was very quiet, and there seemed no danger of being observed, having previously contrived to secrete some secular clothes such as passed through her hands to keep in store for giving to the poor, she let herself out and went away.