Another time she saw her slowly drinking some particularly disagreeable physic, and exclaimed: "But be quick, drink that off at one draught!" "Oh no!" was the reply, "must I not take advantage of the trifling opportunities I meet with, to mortify myself a little, since it is forbidden me to look for greater?"
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An extremely interesting letter had
been read one day at the recreation in
the absence of Thérèse who later showed
a desire to read it. Some time afterwards
when returning the letter, she was
begged to say what she thought regarding
something which should especially have
delighted her. She appeared embarrassed
and then replied:
"The good God has asked of me this sacrifice because of the eagerness that I manifested the other day; I have not read it. . . ."
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