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which she was destined, perhaps* to be a 
happy and useful member* for an unprofitable 
life of solitude* and unremitted penance for 
sins never committed. 
The hospital* which lies contiguous to the 
chapel, consists of two. large apartments* 
wherein are about twelve or fourteen beds. 
The apartments are airy* and the beds neat 
and well appointed. Each bed is dedicated 
to a particular saint* and over the foot of it is 
an invocation to the tutelary saint* in largo 
characters* as “ St. Jaques priez pour moi/* 
<<r St. Jean priez pour moi*” &c. The patients 
are attended by a certain number of the sister¬ 
hood appointed for that purpose. An old 
priest* who appeared to be near his death* was 
the only person in the hospital when we passed 
through it; he was seated in an easy chair by 
the bed-side* and surrounded by a number of 
the sisters* who paid him the most assiduous 
attention. 
The dress of the Ursulines consists of a 
black stuff gown ; a handkerchief of white 
linen tied by a running string close round the 
throat* and hanging down over the breast and 
shoulders* being rounded at the corners; a 
head-piece of white linen* which covers half 
the forehead* the temples* and ears* and is 
fastened to the handkerchief; a black gauze 
veil* which conceals half the face only when 
