Things were calmer during evening prayers. The Chaplain was talking about the honor of being a Christian woman. His theme was that, “As the scented rose adorns the rose bush, so do the virtues of long-suffering, patience, gentleness and neighborly love adorn a Christian maiden.” All my life I have been a wild thing, Gina reflected. I am impatient and impulsive, and I have never learned to love people who annoy me or try to hurt me. Now I shall try to learn these virtues, and I shall do so for the sake of my father: for him I shall seek to be gentle and patient.
