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57a former was confuted; one large book, the name I have, forgotten, occupied us nine or ten months at our lectures, night and morning; L'Instruction de la Jeunesse (the Instruction of Youth), containing much about Convents, and the education of persons in the world, with a great deal on confession, &c. Examen de la Conscience (Examination of Conscience), is a book frequently used.

I never saw a Bible in the Convent from the day I entered as a novice, until that on which I effected my escape. The Catholic New Testament, commonly called the Evangile, was read to us three or four times a year. The Superior directed the reader what passages to select; but we never had it in our hands to read when we pleased. I often heard the Protestant Bible spoken of in bitter terms, as a most dangerous book, and which never ought to be in the hands of common people.