But it seems that she was a devout Roman Catholic, and the horror of what she had done preyed upon her so, that in less than a month she left Sir Geoffrey, and entered one of the lower sort of Nunneries as a menial.
"The New Tenant"
E. Phillips Oppenheim
So it is with those priestly harems of Mexico, the late convents and Nunneries, which, having been forbidden by the national government to be used for such purposes, are now improved for district schools, hospitals, libraries, and sundry other useful and respectable purposes, much to the improvement of the morals of the community.
"The Story of Malta"
Maturin M. Ballou
The hateful Inquisition tried to carry on its bloodthirsty practices here under Portuguese rule, but was summarily driven out of Ceylon by the Dutch, with its vile Nunneries and its instruments of torture.
"The Pearl of India"
Maturin M. Ballou