I suppose you will explain that you are alive to pray for me!' 'You promised to listen quietly, whatever I might say.' 'Yes.' He controlled himself.

'I will,' he added, after a moment.

'Go on.' 'I am not changed,' said Sister Giovanna, 'but my life is.

That is what I meant by the inevitable.

No person can undo what I have done'-- Giovanni moved impatiently--'no power can loose me from my vows.' In spite of himself, the man's temper broke out.
'You are mad,' he answered roughly, 'or else you do not know that you can be free.' 'Hush!' cried the nun, trying once more to check him.