SEVEN STARS AND ORION (1934)

Sister Marie Louise taught her reading, writing, French and Latin. The French nun had her brother's brilliance, both as a scholar and a teacher, and Isobel was quick to learn and very retentive of knowledge when she had gained it.

"I see," said the Sister jokingly one day, "that it will not be necessary for me to beat you."

Isobel took the remark seriously.

"If I could learn more quickly," she said, "I would. No amount of beating would improve me. It would only spoil my temper, and then, being angry, I should kill you. And to kill you," she continued, pursuing the train of thought in the reasonable manner inculcated by Sister Marie Louise herself, "would be a deadly sin, since I know that in all respects you are both good and beautiful."

"To kill anyone would be a deadly sin," said the nun gently. Isobel shook her head.

"You must see for yourself that that is nonsense," she observed. Afraid of what might be coming next, Sister Marie Louise allowed the conversation to languish.

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