Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-304) and index.
Contents
Principal characters -- Prologue -- The seed is planted -- Mount Benedict blooms -- Convent secrets and the early years -- Charlestown in full flower -- Education and convent life -- A deadly miasma -- Cemeteries, cholera, and Catholicism -- The vine uprooted -- 1834: A year of heartbreaks -- The lost garden -- Indictments and trial -- The ashes scatter -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Partial list of students.