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Show A Nun's Witty Reply. A good story is recalled by Mrs. Barry Bar-ry O'Brien in his "Life of Lord Russell of Killowen." Speaking of the famous case of Saurin vs. Star, he described how Mrs. Kennedy, the mistress of novices, was cross-examined by Coleridge: Cole-ridge: Coleridge's case was that the breaches of discipline were trivial, contemptible. con-temptible. He pressed Mrs. Kennedy on the point, asked what had Miss Saurin done. Mrs. Kennedy said, as an example, that she had eaten strawberries. straw-berries. "Eaten strawberries:" exclaimed ex-claimed Coleridge. "What harm was there in that?" "It was forbidden, sir," raid Mrs. Kennedy a very proper prop-er answer. "But Mrs. Kennedy," retorted re-torted Coleridge, "what trouble was likely to come from eating strawberries?" strawber-ries?" "Well, sir," replied Mrs. Kennedy, Ken-nedy, "you might ask what trouble was likely to come from eating an apple, yet we know that trouble did come from it." The answer floored Coleridge. He threw himself back on his seat and laughed. The whole court i laughed. Catholic Record. |