36/63 But Christina motioned her away. "No, no; while you are about it, say a few dozen more!" she said. "Pray for me," she added in English. She has been at it half an hour; I envy her capacity!" "Have you never felt in any degree," Rowland asked, "the fascination of Catholicism ?" "Yes, I have been through that, too! There was a time when I wanted immensely to be a nun; it was not a laughing matter. |