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The Monk; a romance

CHAPTER IV
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To avoid the shame of a public accusation, and dreading the popular fury from which they had already saved their Abbey with much difficulty, the Monks readily permitted the Inquisitors to search their Mansion without noise.

No fresh discoveries were made.
The effects found in the Abbot's and Matilda's Cells were seized, and carried to the Inquisition to be produced in evidence.

Every thing else remained in its former position, and order and tranquillity once more prevailed through Madrid.
St.Clare's Convent was completely ruined by the united ravages of the Mob and conflagration.

Nothing remained of it but the principal Walls, whose thickness and solidity had preserved them from the flames.

The Nuns who had belonged to it were obliged in consequence to disperse themselves into other Societies: But the prejudice against them ran high, and the Superiors were very unwilling to admit them.


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