Therese has complete trust in the Lord's mercy. This is also revealed in another play The Flight into Egypt from January 1896, written for Agnes, who was still the superior at that time. Joseph and Mary (this role is played by Therese), two homeless people, are stranded with little Jesus in a cave where a robber has made his lair. (…) The superior Agnes, standing in the midst of the festive day, is offended by the colloquial speech of the robbers, their songs, the scuffles of the novice actresses who are (to a great extent!) indulging themselves with empty bottles, and the length of the entire play. At a certain moment the performance stops. Therese wipes away a few tears between the scenes and tries again for a smile. From this point on, she will only write shorter plays…
(Conrad de Meester, OCD, The Little Way of Therese of Lisieux)
