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Virginia is a nun at St. Clare and a relative of the prioress. She leaves the convent after the angry mob burns it to the ground toward the end of the novel. Virginia nurses Agnes back to health following her rescue from the convent’s crypt. Lorenzo is struck by Virginia’s beauty and by her sweet, compassionate nature, and the two later marry.
Virginia Quotes in The Monk
The The Monk quotes below are all either spoken by Virginia or refer to Virginia. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 10
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Virginia requested that the unknown might be given to her in charge, and promised to let Lorenzo know, whenever she was sufficiently recovered to accept his visits. In truth, she made this promise more from consideration for herself, than for either Lorenzo or the captive. She had witnessed his politeness, gentleness, and intrepidity with sensible emotion. She wished earnestly to preserve his acquaintance; and in addition to the sentiments of pity which the prisoner excited, she hoped that her attention to this unfortunate would raise her a degree in the esteem of Lorenzo.
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Virginia Quotes in The Monk
The The Monk quotes below are all either spoken by Virginia or refer to Virginia. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 10
Quotes
Virginia requested that the unknown might be given to her in charge, and promised to let Lorenzo know, whenever she was sufficiently recovered to accept his visits. In truth, she made this promise more from consideration for herself, than for either Lorenzo or the captive. She had witnessed his politeness, gentleness, and intrepidity with sensible emotion. She wished earnestly to preserve his acquaintance; and in addition to the sentiments of pity which the prisoner excited, she hoped that her attention to this unfortunate would raise her a degree in the esteem of Lorenzo.
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