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Chapter 6

           AndtheshadeoftheargandlampfastenedtothewallaboveEmma’sheadlightedupallthesepicturesoftheworld,thatpassedbeforeheronebyoneinthesilenceofthedormitory,andtothedistantnoiseofsomebelatedcarriagerollingovertheBoulevards.

           Whenhermotherdiedshecriedmuchthefirstfewdays.Shehadafuneralpicturemadewiththehairofthedeceased,and,inalettersenttotheBertauxfullofsadreflectionsonlife,sheaskedtobeburiedlateroninthesamegrave.Thegoodmanthoughtshemustbeill,andcametoseeher.Emmawassecretlypleasedthatshehadreachedatafirstattempttherareidealofpalelives,neverattainedbymediocrehearts.SheletherselfglidealongwithLamartinemeanderings,listenedtoharpsonlakes,toallthesongsofdyingswans,tothefallingoftheleaves,thepurevirginsascendingtoheaven,andthevoiceoftheEternaldiscoursingdownthevalleys.Sheweariedofit,wouldnotconfessit,continuedfromhabit,andatlastwassurprisedtofeelherselfsoothed,andwithnomoresadnessatheartthanwrinklesonherbrow.

           Thegoodnuns,whohadbeensosureofhervocation,perceivedwithgreatastonishmentthatMademoiselleRouaultseemedtobeslippingfromthem.Theyhadindeedbeensolavishtoherofprayers,retreats,novenas,andsermons,theyhadsooftenpreachedtherespectduetosaintsandmartyrs,andgivensomuchgoodadviceastothemodestyofthebodyandthesalvationofhersoul,thatshedidastightlyreinedhorses;shepulledupshortandthebitslippedfromherteeth

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