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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 edition. Excerpt: ...Jwne 2a I am glad you are so happy. My thoughts were altogether with you all yesterday, but I understood your desire not to have your attention distracted by any home presence. Your vivid description of the ceremony of your reception into the Church almost made me feel as though I had seen it. You must write to your Aunt Marianne yourself, my Zella dear. I am afraid she will be distressed; and if she writes to me, as she probably will, I will try to convince her that you took this step of your own free will, and not under threats of being walled up alive in a convent cell. You will have heard from both Grand'mere and Tante Stephanie, who are very happy that you should have become a Catholic. I am looking forward to having you for the holidays, my darling. Ever your loving father, L. De K. BOSCOMBE, rj Tuesday, My Dearest Zella, 3 Your letter came as a very great shock both to Uncle Henry and myself, although I have always expected something of the kind to happen ever since I first knew that poor papa had decided to send his little daughter to a Roman Catholic convent school. One cannot help feeling, dear, that it is all very sad, that you should change the religion into which you were born, although I cannot say that I think you are old enough to know in the very least what you are doing. Of course I know very well that nowadays chopping and changing is the fashion, and young people are supposed to know their own minds, instead of being guided by those older and wiser. But if your dear mother had been here, this would probably never have happened. This saddens Aunt Marianne very much, my poor little Zella! but you must not feel that she loves you any the less. When you get tired of the Sisters who seem to have gained such a hold upon you,...
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