“In the afternoon the three Rev. Fathers [i.e., the priests conducting the Visitation] came at the Mercy Convent were Mother Constance and me* were yet, in the afternoon they made us the investigation and told us they would come to take us the day after, we were both overjoyed at that news, thanks be to God, we get right away ready and on the morning of the 26th.” --- We left this as it was written. Mother Maddalena was never very proficient in the English language, even though she spoke French and Latin, in addition to her native Italian.