TheworthyPopedidnotstopthere。Heorderedarigidscrutinyoftheaccountstobemade，andreducedthenumberfromahundredtofifty，doublingthedower。Healsoorderedthatallgirlswhoreachedtheageoftwenty—fivewithoutgettingmarriedshouldbesentawaywiththeirfourhundredcrownsapiece；thattwelvediscreetmatronsshouldhavechargeoftheyoungergirls，andthattwelveservantsshouldbepaidtodothehardworkofthehouse。
CHAPTERXVI
ISupattheInnWithArmellineandEmilieTheseinnovationsweretheworkofsomesixmonths。Thefirstreformwastheabolitionoftheprohibitiononenteringthelargeparlourandeventheinterioroftheconvent；forastheinmateshadtakennovowsandwerenotcloisterednuns，thesuperiorshouldhavebeenatlibertytoactaccordingtoherdiscretion。Menicucciohadlearntthisfromanotehissisterwrotehim，andwhichhebroughttomeinhighglee，askingmetocomewithhimtotheconvent，accordingtohissister’srequest，whosaidmypresencewouldbeacceptabletohergoverness。Iwastoaskforthegoverness。
Iwasonlytoogladtolendmyselftothispleasantarrangement，andfeltcurioustoseethefacesofthethreerecluses，aswellastohearwhattheyhadtosayonthesegreatchanges。
WhenwegotintothelargeparlourIsawtwogrates，oneoccupiedbytheAbbeGuasco，whomIhadknowninParisin1751，theotherbyaRussiannobleman，IvanIvanovitchSchuvaloff，andbyFatherJacquier，afriarminimoftheTrinitadeiMonti，andalearnedastronomer。BehindthegrateIsawthreeveryprettygirls。