He knew what it implied.

It stood for his elder sister Juliana's views on the need of personal sacrifice as a means of grace.
The rector sighed as he rose.

He had never missed his younger sister Philippa, now married and departed, so keenly.

Philippa had had opinions of her own on bacon and eggs and on lamb chops with watercress as a means of stimulating the soul.

But Juliana was different.