def load_loops(directory, loops_path=None):
    """
    Return a list of tuples indicating the start and end points of the loops
    that were sampled in the given directory.
    """

    if loops_path is None:
        workspace = workspace_from_dir(directory)
        loops_path = workspace.loops_path

    from klab.rosetta.input_files import LoopsFile
    loops_parser = LoopsFile.from_filepath(loops_path)

    # We have to account for some weird indexing behavior in the loops file
    # parser that I don't really understand.  It seems to shrink the loop by
    # one residue on each side.  At first I thought it might be trying to
    # convert the indices to python indexing, but on second thought I have no
    # idea what it's trying to do.

    return [(x-1, y+1) for x, y in loops_parser.get_distinct_segments()]