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 of leaving her mother in tranquility; she managed to elide one or two planks under the sheets in the place she was to occupy; but after some days her mother perceiving it said: "I see that all my endeavors prove futile; at least do not try to conceal it from me, and sleep now as you wish." She yielded to such perseverance, and permitted her to follow the divine inspiration.