Conscience -- Volume 4

ienced a surprise on which she reflected a long

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going to do to

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not going

ontrol her surprise, and as usual, when she appea

s my question

usual subject of your t

think of others, as is the case jus

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say to you. I have not forgotten the promise you made to respect m

and generous see

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ght o'clock. Go to high mas

that she went to church, but because there was in her a depth of religious sentime

etting it appear that this word had suggested

frock?" he asked, pointing

if it does not

it rathe

some cheap stuff, its only charm being an origin

not a church for working people; when a woman is as charming a

r the gown I wore at the d

onnet, will you not, in

ression shoul

prising in him. Had she not understood him, then, un

lse, and she believed that after marriage he would continue to work in the same way, not caring for amusements or society. She was correct about his work, but not so regarding society. A short time after their marriage the mi

ed, modified, three or four toilets made of one gown; but, however ingenious Phillis might b

o simple. He liked lace, beads, flowers, something sh

ical as possible; Joseph was dismissed, and replaced by a maid who did all the work; the table was extremely s

o paint menus, he would not consent,

, she might do so now. If trade were a disgrace, art might be honorable. If she had talent he would be gl

any pretensions to great art, were pleasing and painted with a certain dash. Glorient admired them, and made a pi

ot leave her this liberty. Through Claudet they made many acquaintances and accepted invitations that placed her under social obligations, so that almost every day she had a visit

on? He, son of a peasant, and a peasant himself in so many ways, who formerly understood nothi

n a roundabout way, she brought him to explain himself, she co

be of t

erywhere and make people receive her? She understood this up to a certain point, although the part he made her play

it might be seen that all he desired of these persons in high places whom he sought was their consideration, a part of their importance and honor. Bu

e evening she was very much surprised when he told her that the decoration of a Spanish republic was offe

l you do

not ref

m in his buttonhole, around his neck, and on his breast. What good could those decorations do that belittled

when she was alone before her easel; while near her in his laboratory, he

ve that she did not admire him in every way? When these ideas oppressed her she left her easel and went to him. Close to him they disappeared. At first, in order not to disturb him, she

im she announced her presence by rattling the handle of the door, and walking no

finished

o see you for

immediately; I am never so happy, I never

he was with him, whether she spoke

h the manifest intention of studying him; for she did this during the f

me thus? What do y

always easy, so she asked leave to assist him in his work, and sometimes drew in larger size the designs that he made for his microscopical studies. In this way the time p

interrupting hims

to ask the true re