The Nursery Maid of Heaven - One Act Play

[SCENE I: Atalanta, the novice, sits, rebellious and sullen, on the steps of the Mother Superior's daïs. From time to time nuns and novices pass across the stage to the left, on their way to the refectory. Sister Grimana, an old nun, comes down to Atalanta purposefully.]
GRIMANA. Sulking again, are you? Waiting for Sister Benvenuta, are you?
[Atalanta is silent.]
Remembering things that are really no concern of yours; and thinking they concern you because you remember them—doubtless quite inac...