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Convent Life; (from "l'histoire De Ma Vie").
Convent Life - from "l'histoire De Ma Vie" Author:George Sand General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1893 Original Publisher: Roberts Brothers Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you ca... more »n select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: III. entering the convent I was not de- liberately rebellious, -- upon the whole I was more inclined to docility than revolt; but when I found myself subject to the senseless injustice of Miss D , I enrolled myself resolutely with " les diables," for so they called those girls who were not devout and did not mean to be. The well- behaved pupils were known as " the good girls," -- " les sages; " and there was an intermediate variety that went by the name of "the stupid ones," -- "les betes." These last never took sides with any one, laughing heartily at the misdemeanors of " les diables," till the teachers or " the good girls " came in, when they cast their eyes down, and never failed to say " I did n't do it," as soon as there was any danger of punishment. The most cowardly among them even got into the habit of adding, " It was Mary G or Dupin." I was Dupin, and Mary G was the leader of " les diables " in the lower class, the most original girl in the whole convent. She was of Irish extraction, and though only eleven was taller and stronger than I was at thirteen. Her deep voice, her frank, fearless expression and rough, independent manners had obtained for her the nickname of " the boy;" and though she afterwards became a beautiful woman, there was certainly something masculine about her. She was proud and outspoken, remarkable for her strength and agility and still more phenomenal boldness; but her exuberant spirits and constant activity, her heartfelt contempt for anything that was false and mean, excited my unbounded admiration. On my arrival Mary G was away...« less