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Rh "Dear Lord! what should I gain by adorning this body? Would not putting ornaments on it be like painting the outside of a sepulchre?"

"My dear!" replied the young nobleman, "if you think this body so sinful, why don't you become a nun?"

"If you grant me leave, dear husband, I will take the vows this day!"

"Very well, then; I will get you ordained," said he. And giving a donation at a great cost, he took her, with