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ing in the school of suffering and abnegation, gave her a character perfectly adapted to their rule. But the dews of Carmel were not to water this seed of religious vocation. An unexpected acquaintance with a member of the Community established at Ruillé-sur-Loir influenced her decision, and she sought and obtained admission among the Sisters of Providence. The title of this flourishing Congregation appealed powerfully to her, and, though she ever retained cherished memories of her Carmelite friends — those good religious whose encouragement was one of her sweetest comforts during her long years of trial — she transferred the allegiance of her affections to the order she embraced; for both they and she knew that it is not we who choose God, but He chooses us.