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Chapter 14

           WhenshekneltonherGothicprie-Dieu,sheaddressedtotheLordthesamesuavewordsthatshehadmurmuredformerlytoherloverintheoutpouringsofadultery.Itwastomakefaithcome;butnodelightsdescendedfromtheheavens,andshearosewithtiredlimbsandwithavaguefeelingofagiganticdupery.

           Thissearchingafterfaith,shethought,wasonlyonemeritthemore,andintheprideofherdevoutnessEmmacomparedherselftothosegrandladiesoflongagowhosegloryshe,haddreamedofoveraportraitofLaValliere,andwho,trailingwithsomuchmajestythelace-trimmedtrainsoftheirlonggowns,retiredintosolitudestoshedatthefeetofChristallthetearsofheartsthatlifehadwounded.

           Thenshegaveherselfuptoexcessivecharity.Shesewedclothesforthepoor,shesentwoodtowomeninchildbed;andCharlesoneday,oncominghome,foundthreegood-for-nothingsinthekitchenseatedatthetableeatingsoup.Shehadherlittlegirl,whomduringherillnessherhusbandhadsentbacktothenurse,broughthome.Shewantedtoteachhertoread;evenwhenBerthecried,shewasnotvexed.Shehadmadeuphermindtoresignation,touniversalindulgence.Herlanguageabouteverythingwasfullofidealexpressions.

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