I dare say I shall suffer for it in the end.

He must have borrowed the money.' Hyacinth felt intensely curious about this young nun.

Like most Protestants he had grown up to regard monasticism in all its forms as something remote, partly horrible, wholly unintelligible.
'Why did she do it ?' he asked.

'What sort of a girl was she?
Do you mind telling me ?' 'Not in the least,' said Maguire.

'Only I'm not sure that I know.