It abutted on a church which was open to the public and served by the fathers; a window in the convent chapel looked into the sanctuary.

Attached to the house was a garden of three or four acres.
The country around the town is a typical Flemish landscape, flat, fertile, thickly dotted with farm buildings, and highly cultivated.
The people are wholly Catholic.

The town is an old one, and in its time has had some military importance.

Our young novices often walked upon the ramparts which encircled it.

In the neighborhood are structures which were built before the Christian era; quite near by was one of Caesar's round towers, as well as the deserted ruins of an ancient city named Leo.