A Vow Of Silence by VERONICA BLACK

Author:VERONICA BLACK [BLACK, VERONICA]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Joffe Books crime, thriller and mystery
Published: 2021-01-10T00:00:00+00:00

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Sister Joan was not preparing lessons. Seated cross legged on the floor with her habit bunched under her seat in the time-honoured practice of nuns she was writing out what in her own mind she thought of, somewhat self-consciously, as her detection notes. She laid down her pen now and turned back the pages of her pad to recapitulate.

Events: Brenda Williams entered the Novitiate on 2nd September, 1987.

Sister Sophia entered the Novitiate in September, 1984. Was fully professed in September, 1987 (same month Brenda entered Novitiate).

Sister Magdalen (Brenda) left the convent on 16th February, 1988.

People: Reverend Mother Ann, daughter of noted archaeologist, aged approx. 45. Professed 15 years ago and is now serving second term of office as Prioress. Very advanced theological notions. Wears nail polish and perfume.

Mother Emmanuel, mid-fifties, helps out with novices. Adores Prioress.

Sister Hilaria, Novice Mistress. Mystic or hysteric? Probably inefficient.

Sister Dorothy, Librarian. Intelligent white rabbit. Officious.

Sister Lucy, Sacristan. Tale-bearer and too sweet to be true.

Sister David, another white rabbit but shyer.

Sister Perpetua, Infirmarian, worried about situation here. Either lied at the inquest about circumstances surrounding Sister Sophia’s death or is lying to me about the whole thing. But why should she?

Sisters Martha, and Katherine. Nice but not intellectual.

Sisters Mary Concepta, Andrew and Gabrielle, elderly. Mother Frances evidently didn’t confide in them.

Sister Felicity, Lay Sister, efficient, was with Prioress in chapel on night of Sister Sophia’s death.

Sister Margaret, likes chatting. May be subconsciously worried hence her gossiping to me.

Observations: Rules here not exactly lax but not strictly enforced. Prioress likes her comfort and may have her favourites i.e. Sister Felicity, Mother Emmanuel, Sister Lucy?

Grant Tarquin seems to take a proprietary interest in convent and school. Sublimation of feelings for dead wife?

Much interest and emphasis on pagan goddess cults and their links with Our Lady.

Questions: Why did Sister Sophia give a strained laugh when Sister Margaret made a little joke about the Archangel Gabriel?

Why did Sister Sophia, immediately after her profession, lose her gaiety and become morose?

Did Sister Sophia hang herself or was it an accident?

If it was an accident why test the apparatus so late at night? Why did Sister Perpetua tell me it was suicide?

If it was suicide why did Sister Sophia kill herself?

Why did Brenda leave the convent so abruptly? If she was upset about Sister Sophia’s death she would surely have left at the time, not waited until the middle of February. If she was unhappy in the Novitiate why did nobody appear to notice the fact?

Why didn’t she inform her parents that she had left?

Is she really on a commune in Wales? If not then why would the Prioress take the trouble of lying to us? She doesn’t know I have any interest in the girl.

What did Mother Frances mean when she talked about an extra gospel?

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