2.6.3 chapter discussion (spoilers up to 2.6.3)

Discussion prompts:

1. I am having trouble remembering that this is fiction. Even if the convent is modelled on a real order, it is a fiction. Are you finding the detail of the discussion is making you believe this is real?

2. I thought this description highlighted how alien this was, even in the 19th century: “Innocent, childish reasons that do not actually succeed in making us worldlings comprehend the joy of holding in your hand a holy-water sprinkler and standing for hours on end singing in groups of four at a lectern.” That doesn’t sound joyful to me?

(Sorry, not a whole lot to discuss on this chapter. Feel free to talk about whatever is on your mind in the comments...)

Last line.

This was refused, almost with a sense of moral outrage.

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