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The conventual life, though usually providing only for the bare necessities of nuns, was sometimes managed with more humane consideration and shrewder understanding. In the new seventeenth century convent of Anacapri the recruits came from well-born families so they were thoughtfully provided with suites of rooms each with its own servant.

-- Notebooks Category 3: Relax and Retreat > Chapter 4 : Retreat Centres > # 118