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"Yes," she said, "I am a Christian, and know as many prayers as you; but I will never set foot in city walls again, lest I be caught and put back into the convent." "What," cried the Hermit with a start, "you are a runagate nun?" And he crossed himself, and again thought of the demon. She smiled and said: "It is true I was once a cloistered woman, but I will never willingly be one again.
Abbeys were not strictly cloistered then, and the Abbess Christina was at the door, a tall woman, older than her brother, and somewhat hard-featured, and beside her was a lovely fair girl, with peach- like cheeks and bright blue eyes, who threw herself into David's arms, full of delight. "Brother," said Christina, "did I hear aright? And have they hailed thee King?
His small feet were cloistered in small, thick boots of glittering brilliance. The colour of his face matched that of his suit. He had no moustache and no whiskers, but a small, stiff grey beard was rooted somewhere under his chin. He had kept a good deal of his hair.
There is nothing of the naive and guileless innocence of a cloistered virtue in the book, but though the serpent is very cunning his wiliness and craftiness coexist with a simple enthusiasm of humanity which is very marvellous to behold.
Why did this man this most human, ardent, loving man hang all his hopes of happiness upon the heart of a nun? Would it be possible that he should understand, that eight years of cloistered life cannot be renounced in a day? Mora looked at him again. The stern profile might well be about to say: "Shudder again, and I will do to thee that which shall give thee cause to shudder indeed!"
The daughter of a Dean of Wanchester retiring, spiritual, tender, suggesting a cloistered atmosphere, and The Christian Year she was still sharp in Madeleine's recollection, and that lady felt a certain secret and mischievous zest in drawing her portrait, while Delia, her black brows drawn together, her full red mouth compressed, sat silent.
Before he left her Maxwell asked Anne if he could call. He came promptly two nights later and brought with him a bunch of violets and a box of chocolates. Anne pinned the violets in the front of the gray frock that gave her the look of a cloistered nun, and ate up the chocolates. Amy was shocked. "Anne, you positively gobbled " "I didn't." "Well, you ate a pound at least." Anne protested.
He is certainly a curious example of the Unicornism to be found in almost every kingdom of animated nature. From certain cloistered old authors I have gathered that this same sea-unicorn's horn was in ancient days regarded as the great antidote against poison, and as such, preparations of it brought immense prices.
The present fact did not represent all they felt, though it represented all on which they might speak together now. Looking round the room, at last Faith said: "Thee has all thee needs, David? Thee is sure?" He nodded. "I know not yet how little man may need. I have lived in plenty." At that moment her eyes rested on the Cloistered House. "The Earl of Eglington would not call it plenty."
For weeks she had been a prisoner in the lamasery, cloistered in a suite of well-furnished rooms and waited on by a close-cropped nun. She had been surprised in the bungalow and overpowered by three of the Chinamen before she realised her danger or could seize a weapon with which to defend herself. Had she been able to snatch up a revolver she would have made a desperate fight for freedom.
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