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Chapter XXXII

           Iadvocatethem:Iamsworntospreadthem.Woninyouthtoreligion,shehascultivatedmyoriginalqualitiesthus:-Fromtheminutegerm,naturalaffection,shehasdevelopedtheovershadowingtree,philanthropy.Fromthewildstringyrootofhumanuprightness,shehasrearedaduesenseoftheDivinejustice.Oftheambitiontowinpowerandrenownformywretchedself,shehasformedtheambitiontospreadmyMaster’skingdom;toachievevictoriesforthestandardofthecross.Somuchhasreligiondoneforme;turningtheoriginalmaterialstothebestaccount;pruningandtrainingnature.Butshecouldnoteradicatenature:norwillitbeeradicated‘tillthismortalshallputonimmortality.’" 

           Havingsaidthis,hetookhishat,whichlayonthetablebesidemypalette.Oncemorehelookedattheportrait. 

           "Sheislovely,"hemurmured."SheiswellnamedtheRoseoftheWorld,indeed!" 

           "AndmayInotpaintonelikeitforyou?" 

           "Cuibono?No." 

           HedrewoverthepicturethesheetofthinpaperonwhichIwasaccustomedtorestmyhandinpainting,topreventthecardboardfrombeingsullied. Whathesuddenlysawonthisblankpaper,itwasimpossibleformetotell;butsomethinghadcaughthiseye. Hetookitupwithasnatch;helookedattheedge;thenshotaglanceatme,inexpressiblypeculiar,andquiteincomprehensible:aglancethatseemedtotakeandmakenoteofeverypointinmyshape,face,anddress;forittraversedall,quick,keenaslightning. Hislipsparted,asiftospeak:buthecheckedthecomingsentence,whateveritwas. 

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