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VII. Queen of Night

           

           Sheoftenrepeatedherprayers;notatparticulartimes,but,liketheunaffectedlydevout,whenshedesiredtopray.Herprayerwasalwaysspontaneous,andoftenranthus,“Odelivermyheartfromthisfearfulgloomandloneliness;sendmegreatlovefromsomewhere,elseIshalldie.”

           HerhighgodswereWilliamtheConqueror,Strafford,andNapoleonBuonaparte,astheyhadappearedintheLady’sHistoryusedattheestablishmentinwhichshewaseducated.HadshebeenamothershewouldhavechristenedherboyssuchnamesasSaulorSiserainpreferencetoJacoborDavid,neitherofwhomsheadmired.AtschoolshehadusedtosidewiththePhilistinesinseveralbattles,andhadwonderedifPontiusPilatewereashandsomeashewasfrankandfair.

           Thusshewasagirlofsomeforwardnessofmind,indeed,weighedinrelationtohersituationamongtheveryrearwardofthinkers,veryoriginal.Herinstinctstowardssocialnon-comformitywereattherootofthis.Inthematterofholidays,hermoodwasthatofhorseswho,whenturnedouttograss,enjoylookingupontheirkindatworkonthehighway.Sheonlyvaluedresttoherselfwhenitcameinthemidstofotherpeople’slabour.HenceshehatedSundayswhenallwasatrest,andoftensaidtheywouldbethedeathofher.ToseetheheathmenintheirSundaycondition,thatis,withtheirhandsintheirpockets,theirbootsnewlyoiled,andnotlacedup(aparticularlySundaysign),walkingleisurelyamongtheturvesandfurze-faggotstheyhadcutduringtheweek,andkickingthemcriticallyasiftheirusewereunknown,wasafearfulheavinesstoher.

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