Following Jesus in rejecting empire
“You look lovely, my dear.” Julien gushes as Magdalene steps into the convent entryway. “And, Adrienne I can’t believe how grown up you look!” she adds as Ash, Jackson, Shelly and Adrienne file in behind her. “Let me fetch Sister Shannon. She’ll be so pleased to see you.” “And, if we might,” Ash inserts, “We’d…
Adrienne is all nerves and excitement as Brother Frank pulls the horse and cart under the wrought iron sign as they enter the grounds of Townley Hall and roll onto the drive. A late summer heat wave has made the day uncomfortable, but the afternoon breezes and the shade of the tall trees lining this…
Ten years later. In the private dining room at the convent, Sister Shannon lifts a spoon of mashed potatoes mixed with a little beef broth to the mouth of Sister Mary Eunice. The woman yet wears the garb of a nun, but it is more wrinkled than she would have ever allowed in earlier years.…
In front of the Friary that morning a commotion is underway. An ambulance cart is just pulling away from the grounds with Doctor Forsythe at the back next to the body of Mary Eunice. The brothers and children are all out on the lawn looking on with fascination and horror. “Brother, Doyle. Get these boys…
The night is cloudless and the moon bright. A distinct disadvantage when one is attempting a clandestine journey out of the country. But a nun’s vestments are a cloak of dark, and so Sister Mary Eunice and Magdalene are only shadows as they slip from the convent. Adrienne bears a more natural cloak with her…