She waited near her own door, supposing that they would pass her.

As they came near, she saw that the one was a nun, habited in the plain gray robe and black and white head-dress of the order.

The other was a lady dressed, like herself, in black.

The light burned so badly that as the two stopped and stood for a moment conversing together, Unorna could not clearly distinguish their faces.

Then the lady entered one of the rooms, the third or the fourth from Unorna's, and the nun remained standing outside, apparently hesitating whether to turn to the right or to the left, or asking herself in which direction her occupations called her.