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Chapter 6

           Shetried,bywayofmortification,toeatnothingawholeday.Shepuzzledherheadtofindsomevowtofulfil.

           Whenshewenttoconfession,sheinventedlittlesinsinorderthatshemightstaytherelonger,kneelingintheshadow,herhandsjoined,herfaceagainstthegratingbeneaththewhisperingofthepriest.Thecomparisonsofbetrothed,husband,celestiallover,andeternalmarriage,thatrecurinsermons,stirredwithinhersouldepthsofunexpectedsweetness.

           Intheevening,beforeprayers,therewassomereligiousreadinginthestudy.Onweek-nightsitwassomeabstractofsacredhistoryortheLecturesoftheAbbeFrayssinous,andonSundayspassagesfromthe"GenieduChristianisme,"asarecreation.Howshelistenedatfirsttothesonorouslamentationsofitsromanticmelancholiesreechoingthroughtheworldandeternity!Ifherchildhoodhadbeenspentintheshop-parlourofsomebusinessquarter,shemightperhapshaveopenedherhearttothoselyricalinvasionsofNature,whichusuallycometousonlythroughtranslationinbooks.Butsheknewthecountrytoowell;sheknewthelowingofcattle,themilking,theploughs.

           Accustomedtocalmaspectsoflife,sheturned,onthecontrary,tothoseofexcitement.Shelovedtheseaonlyforthesakeofitsstorms,andthegreenfieldsonlywhenbrokenupbyruins.

           Shewantedtogetsomepersonalprofitoutofthings,andsherejectedasuselessallthatdidnotcontributetotheimmediatedesiresofherheart,beingofatemperamentmoresentimentalthanartistic,lookingforemotions,notlandscapes.

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