You are sure that she will be taken by surprise ?" said the good, simple minded Sister, still innocently angling for a farther explanation.
"Yes, I feel sure that I shall surprise our good mother if I do _not_ delight her; for, as I told you before, I gave her no intimation of any intended visit.

I repeat that when I set foot upon this train, I had no fixed plan in my mind.

I did not know where I should go.
My meeting with you is providential.

It decides me, nay, rather let me say, it directs me to seek rest and peace and safety there where my happy childhood and early youth were passed, and where I once desired to spend my whole life in the service of Heaven.

I, too, fervently praise the Virgin for this blessed meeting.