In fact, I fear very much less a great number of employments than much free time. Sister St. Francis has been, and continues to be in very feeble health this winter. Both of us together are not worth two cents. When one has nothing more to lose, the heart is inaccessible to fear. It is astonishing that this remote solitude has been chosen for a novitiate and especially for an academy.
All appearances are against it.
October 24 Grant, O my God, that all who dwell in this house may love thee much, may love one another and may never forget why they came here. I have already exceeded the amount of work my head can bear. October 26 Sister St. Francis is resuscitated enough to preach for the jubilee. To see if she is dead, we shall have to take a little, or even a big boy to her room and ask her about preparing him for Baptism or for Confession. If she opens neither her eyes nor her mouth, we may have the funeral in all safety.