the saint could yet find courage to add : 'Not-
withstanding all these evils, my heart is filled
with joy. What blessed things are peace of con-
science and liberty of soul ! ' It reminds one of
another occasion, when it was necessary to begin
a foundation which was to cost a great deal of
money, and the saint had but twopence-halfpenny.
'Never mind,' she replied, courageously, 'Two-
pence-hal^enny and Theresa are nothing ; but
twopence-hal^enny and God are everything ! '
and the work was accomplished. In the case of
the Seville house her patience and faith met with
a like reward. On the Feast of the Ascension,
1576, the Blessed Sacrament was placed in the
chapel of the new convent by the archbishop
himself, accompanied by all his clergy, who wished
to make public amends to St. Theresa and her
nuns for the persecutions they had endured ; and
when Theresa knelt to ask for his pastoral bene-
diction, the archbishop, in the presence of all
the people, knelt to ask for hers in return, thus
testifying to the high estimation in which he held
both her and her work.
It was this convent, untouched since those days of trial, which our visitors now entered. There are twenty-two sisters, of whom three are novices, and their rule is maintained in all its primitive
