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SICILY AND MALTA. 299
priests and confessbrs, he mult, have died,
without benefit of clergy; for this is the
first mortal sin, for which there is neither
atonement nor absolution ;—" to lie with a
" nun, and yet not be in orders."
The punishment of the poor unfortunate
girl is not yet determined; however, I am
told, it will be a terrible one: probably con-
finement in a dungeon for seven or eight
years, without any company but a skull and
a crucifix; and to live all that time upon
bread and water. I saw a nun, at Portal-
legre in Portugal, that had sufFered this
very punishment for the same crime.
This story has been kept a profound se-
cret, and if we had not been on a very in-
timate footing with some people here, we
never should have heard of it.
The Sicilians slill retain some of the
Spaniih customs, though nothing of their
gravity
priests and confessbrs, he mult, have died,
without benefit of clergy; for this is the
first mortal sin, for which there is neither
atonement nor absolution ;—" to lie with a
" nun, and yet not be in orders."
The punishment of the poor unfortunate
girl is not yet determined; however, I am
told, it will be a terrible one: probably con-
finement in a dungeon for seven or eight
years, without any company but a skull and
a crucifix; and to live all that time upon
bread and water. I saw a nun, at Portal-
legre in Portugal, that had sufFered this
very punishment for the same crime.
This story has been kept a profound se-
cret, and if we had not been on a very in-
timate footing with some people here, we
never should have heard of it.
The Sicilians slill retain some of the
Spaniih customs, though nothing of their
gravity