Quite an elaborate disciplinary set-up they have at St. Mary Magdalene college.
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As much fun as this is, seems to me a burly guy like your hero could easily escape a couple of nuns armed only with rulers. Of course, I remember some pretty tough nuns from my grammer school days….
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My mother was growing up in Chicago when the Our Lady of Angels fire happened and told stories about it to me when I was a child. Very early on, then, I had a strong sense the world is not your friend.