noon
`` Not of that which I brought and gave , but of that which he thought me to be . '' Slowly she left the cloister , moving , with bent head , until she reached the open door of the empty chamber which had been the Reverend Mother 's . Before long this chamber would be hers . At noon she had received word from the Bishop that it was his intention to appoint her to be Prioress , for the years which yet remained of the Reverend Mother 's term of office . She had experienced a sinister pleasure in being thus promoted to this high office by the Bishop , owing to the certainty that had the usual election by ballot taken place , her name would not have been inscribed by a single member of the Community . Yet now , in this strangely softened mood , she began wistfully to desire that there might be looks of pleasure and satisfaction on at least a few faces , when the announcement should be made on the morrow . Mother Sub-Prioress passed into the cell , and closed the door .