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Gunther had sent a messenger to inform Emma of Count Eberhard's death and Irma's despair. The prioress suggested that Emma should hasten to her young friend, to whom they owed so great a debt; and, as nuns were not allowed to travel alone, she was accompanied by a sister who was an experienced nun.
When the maid announced them, Irma started from her seat. This is deliverance! In the convent, shut out from the world, a living death -- there shall you wait until they bear you to the grave.