Then Catherine noticed a softening in the Reverend Mother’s face, and she asked Catherine to sit down by her; and Catherine told her she had come to the convent because she was crossed in love, and not as the others came, because they wished to give up their wills to God.
“Our will is the most precious thing in us, and that is why the best thing we can do is to give it up to you, for in giving it up to you, dear mother, we are giving it up to God. I know all these things, but—”
“You should have told me of this when you came here, Catherine, and then I would not have advised you to come to live with us.”
“Mother, you must forgive me. My heart was broken, and I could not do otherwise. And you have said yourself that I made the dairy a success.”
“If you had stayed with us, Catherine, you
