Summary

Mrs. Tierney and Annie talk about Annie's "disdain for the society ladies who raised money for the nuns" and Mrs. Tierney's thoughts on priests as spoiled and "pampered mamas boys" (214). Liz Tierney is bored by holiness and prefers business and chaos. She says "isn't it funny how we all die at the same time? Always at the end of our lives. Why worry?" (216). Mrs. Tierney is pleased when Sally says that she will no longer follow the sisters. She is also pleased when Annie tells her that Mr. Costello decides to amend his life, that he broke it off with Annie and made a confession. Annie says she will not confess because there is nothing she is sorry for (217). Mrs. Tierney implies to Sally that she may want to move back in with her mother now, since she is again...