The Visionist: a Novel
“I never give a thought to the keepsakes, the diaries, the dolls, the slingshots, the balls made from old socks stuffed hard with wood shavings. I bundle them together and give them to the brethren to burn. Like the clothes and blankets alive with fleas and bedbugs, such objects from the past can only cause a persistent sting. Our new believers, whether rich or poor, lose their belongings along with their old lives. Only then can they be cleansed and born anew. In the case of Sister Polly and he...r kin, even the departing mother had been urged to bathe and exchange her tattered green dress for a set of clean petticoats and stockings, a worsted wool gown, decent shoes, and a cape.
“She cannot know what awaits her in the World,” Elder Sister Agnes said, once Sister Polly had been tucked away that first night. “The least we might do is arm her with the trappings of decency.”
The memory of my eldress’s kindness makes my duplicity all the more wicked.MoreLess
“She cannot know what awaits her in the World,” Elder Sister Agnes said, once Sister Polly had been tucked away that first night. “The least we might do is arm her with the trappings of decency.”
The memory of my eldress’s kindness makes my duplicity all the more wicked.MoreLess
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