Sister Teresa

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Sister Teresa, by George MooreThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: Sister TeresaAuthor: George MooreRelease Date: January 6, 2005 [EBook #14614]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK SISTER TERESA ***Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Carol David and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading TeamSISTER TERESABY GEORGE MOORELONDON T. FISHER UNWIN ADELPHI TERRACEFirst Edition, 1901Second Edition (entirely rewritten), 1909PREFACEA weaver goes to the mart with a divided tapestry, and with half in either hand he walks about telling that whoeverpossesses one must, perforce, possess the other for the sake of the story. But allegories are out of place in populareditions; they require linen paper, large margins, uncut edges; even these would be insufficient; only illuminated vellumcan justify that which is never read. So perhaps it will be better if I abandon the allegory and tell what happened: how oneday after writing the history of "Evelyn Innes" for two years I found myself short of paper, and sought vainly for a sheet inevery drawer of the writing-table; every one had been turned into manuscript, and "Evelyn Innes" stood nearly two feethigh."Five hundred pages at least," I said, "and only half of ...