 Not long after their return to France, in January, 1802, Adele told her parents of her desire to become a Carmelinte nun.However, due to her young age, her mother persuaded her to wait before entering the convent.In the meantime, Adele asked her older brother's tutor, Monsieur Ducourneau, to write a Rule of Life for her in order to prepare her for life in an enclosed religious order.