If she elects to stay, you shall receive it by swift messenger." "She will leave you," said the Bishop.

"If you tell her, she will leave you." "She loves me," said the Knight; and he said it with a tender reverence, and such a look upon his face, as a man wears when he speaks of his faith in God.
"Hugh," said the Bishop, sadly; "Hugh, my dear lad, you have but little experience of the heart of a nun.

The more she loves, the more determined will she be to leave you, if you yourself give her reason to think her love unjustified.

The very thing which is now a cause of bliss will instantly become a cause for fear.

She will flee from joy, as all pure hearts flee from sin; because, owing to your folly, her joy will seem to her to be sinful.