Chapter 6

           Shehadread"PaulandVirginia,"andshehaddreamedofthelittlebamboo-house,theniggerDomingo,thedogFiddle,butaboveallofthesweetfriendshipofsomedearlittlebrother,whoseeksredfruitforyouontreestallerthansteeples,orwhorunsbarefootoverthesand,bringingyouabird’snest.

           Whenshewasthirteen,herfatherhimselftookhertotowntoplaceherintheconvent.TheystoppedataninnintheSt.Gervaisquarter,where,attheirsupper,theyusedpaintedplatesthatsetforththestoryofMademoiselledelaValliere.Theexplanatorylegends,chippedhereandtherebythescratchingofknives,allglorifiedreligion,thetendernessesoftheheart,andthepompsofcourt.

           Farfrombeingboredatfirstattheconvent,shetookpleasureinthesocietyofthegoodsisters,who,toamuseher,tookhertothechapel,whichoneenteredfromtherefectorybyalongcorridor.Sheplayedverylittleduringrecreationhours,knewhercatechismwell,anditwasshewhoalwaysansweredMonsieurleVicaire’sdifficultquestions.Livingthus,withouteveryleavingthewarmatmosphereoftheclassrooms,andamidthesepale-facedwomenwearingrosarieswithbrasscrosses,shewassoftlylulledbythemysticlanguorexhaledintheperfumesofthealtar,thefreshnessoftheholywater,andthelightsofthetapers.Insteadofattendingtomass,shelookedatthepiousvignetteswiththeirazurebordersinherbook,andshelovedthesicklamb,thesacredheartpiercedwithsharparrows,orthepoorJesussinkingbeneaththecrosshecarries.

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