Trip 2129 of 4900 collection book65
Soon therefore as he understood the place of her retreat and had obtained a proper orderbook28 to the abbess signed by Count Trebasi he setbook25 out post for Vienna still accompanied by his faithful Hibernian and arriving at the convent found the abbess and the whole house so engrossed in making preparations for the ceremony of giving the veil next day to a young woman who had fulfilled the term of her probation that he could not possibly see his sister with that leisure and satisfaction which he had flattered himself with enjoying at this meeting and therefore he was fain to bridle his impatience for two days and keep his credentials until the hurry should be over that Mademoiselle might have no intimation of her good fortune except from his own mouth.... read all
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