MD3PAD 526-528

[Toby G Levy]

        Sister Blondell talks about all the good food there is to eat in
China. The other nuns threaten to report her base desires. The nuns bind
the feet of the unnamed novitiate. It takes a long time.

        We finally emerge from the narrative of the unnamed novitiate in
the middle of page 526, as Tenebrae is flipping through a copy of the
Ghastly Fop that she found in Ethelmer's room. He finds her looking at
the book and tells her it is the latest in the series and she asks for a
summary of the series to date. The Ghastly Fop is a ruined young man who
searches the globe to find those with whom he owes money to or who owe
money to him. There are at least a dozen volumes in the series.

        Eventually the Fop is drawn to the Jesuits.

        Ethelmer asks Tenebrae how far she got in the book, and she said
she reached the part where the novitiate meets the Chinese boy and they
plan to escape. Ethelmer says the next chapter is really good and offers
to read it aloud to Tenebrae.  She accepts the offer and they light a
candle. He suggests that they sit on a carpet on the floor, but she sits
down on the bed.

Toby