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Synopsis
And why will you not speak to him? said Laura. I talk to him -- we all talk. The Reverend Mother said I must not speak to none but women. Oh! That's excellent! cried Laura. My dear nun, you must get rid of some of those maxims; you are in a very different place from your nunnery. Don't make yourself ridiculous. The young girl colored excessively; she was too young to bear being ridiculous, too, fond of her habitual teachers to fancy _they_ could be misinformed. She was perplexed, and rising, shrank away to the stupid lady, whose work she began admiring; and as long as no one else heard her voice, contrived to keep up a dialogue.