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The Carmelite Convent at Bethune

           Atfiveo’clockthenextmorningsheagainproceeded,andinthreehoursafterenteredBethune.SheinquiredfortheconventoftheCarmelites,andwentthitherimmediately.

           Thesuperiormether;Miladyshowedherthecardinal’sorder.Theabbessassignedherachamber,andhadbreakfastserved.

           Allthepastwaseffacedfromtheeyesofthiswoman;andherlooks,fixedonthefuture,beheldnothingbutthehighfortunesreservedforherbythecardinal,whomshehadsosuccessfullyservedwithouthisnamebeinginanywaymixedupwiththesanguinaryaffair.Theever-newpassionswhichconsumedhergavetoherlifetheappearanceofthosecloudswhichfloatintheheavens,reflectingsometimesazure,sometimesfire,sometimestheopaqueblacknessofthetempest,andwhichleavenotracesupontheearthbehindthembutdevastationanddeath.

           Afterbreakfast,theabbesscametopayheravisit.Thereisverylittleamusementinthecloister,andthegoodsuperiorwaseagertomaketheacquaintanceofhernewboarder.

           Miladywishedtopleasetheabbess.Thiswasaveryeasymatterforawomansoreallysuperiorasshewas.Shetriedtobeagreeable,andshewascharming,winningthegoodsuperiorbyhervariedconversationandbythegracesofherwholepersonality.

           Theabbess,whowasthedaughterofanoblehouse,tookparticulardelightinstoriesofthecourt,whichsoseldomtraveltotheextremitiesofthekingdom,andwhich,aboveall,havesomuchdifficultyinpenetratingthewallsofconvents,atwhosethresholdthenoiseoftheworlddiesaway.

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