"But I cannot--I do not know--I am afraid it is not right--an affair of love--" "An affair of life, Sister Paul, and of death too, perhaps.

This woman lives in Prague.

She is rich and must be well known--" "Well known, indeed.

Too well known--the Witch they call her." "Then there are those who know her.

Tell me the name of one person only--it is impossible that you should not remember some one who is acquainted with her, who has talked with you of her--perhaps one of the ladies who have been here in retreat." The nun was silent for a moment, gathering her recollections.
"There is one, at least, who knows her," she said at length.