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I have seen a sick baby hug her doll , just as I have seen a sick mother clasp her child , '' answered the sister . `` These are the recreations of charity the holy mother told me of , '' said Salome , as she passed out of the work-room and went back to her own sphere of duty . On Christmas morning after matins , the Christmas gifts were distributed in every one of the asylums , and every inmate was made happy by an appropriate present . At ten o'clock high mass was celebrated in the chapel of the convent , and all the sisterhood assembled in their screened choir . Three priests in their sacerdotal robes , and a dozen boys in white surplices , were expected to serve at the altar . The chapel was profusely decorated with holly , and the shrines were dressed with flowers . The pews were filled with a congregation of a rather better social position than usually assembled there in the convent chapel .