“Bound plainly in black, the letters ‘C.H.F. Rule’ and a cross stamped in gold upon its cover. This was and is insofar as is possible to a Hermit, my Rule. It is sadly no longer appropriate for a Teaching Order of the young, but can still be used as such for adults. However, the Sisters told me they came to roar with laughter reading it, re-wrote it excruciatingly badly, and so the Community died. It would have been written by Mother Agnes Mason, C.H.F. a century ago. It was placed in my hands ten years ago. It, with the memories of the pilgrimage to Jerusalem in preparation for the convent, are my greatest worldly treasures.  ”