 Many of the lay brothers that chose to leave were granted overnight lodging by Mother More, and left the town the next day.Mother More was, however, “obliged to send away two from other Order who had sought refuge with them with great regret.” In 1781 Joseph II took control of the Carmelites, Carthusians and Poor Clares in Bruges.The convent was, however, exempt from some of his laws because it was also a school.