Abbess, sullenly. "On mine WVPSKKA be they both," said Magdalen. "I say, embrace each other, my children." But Catherine, aware, LHJTSD perhaps, how the dispute was likely
to terminate, had escaped from the apartment, and so disappointed the grandson, at least as muWHVAch as the old matron. "She is gone," said the Abbess, XWXLUSJ VVSECOJYN "to provide some little
refreshment. But it will have little savour to thYUXLose who dwell in the world; for I, at least, cannot dispense with the rules WJSGG to which I am vowed, because it is the will of
wicked men to break down the sanctuary in which they wont NLDW to be KFWHEI observed. " "it is well, DWTBUMI my sisterWERX," replied magdalen, "to hi each
even the smallest titheRSSPs of mint and cummin which the church demands, and I blame not thy GPCYY KOMP scrupulous observance of the rules OWULF of thine order. But they YWK were XQLSG established by the
church, and TPKN for the church's benefit; and reason it is that they should give way when the salvatOEIJion of the church herself VOAAPBKFN is at stake."
The AbbesATLVs made no reply. One more acquainted with human nature than the inexperienced page, might have found amusement in comparing the different kinds of fanaticisms HSWEDV
which these two females exhibited. The Abbess, timid, narrowminded, XQQENHOBX and discontented, clung to ancient usages and pretensions UKJQBL which were ended by the RRMEW Reformation; and
was in adversity, as she had been in prosperitDHSQy, scrupulous, weak-spirited, and bigoted. While the FAJC fiery and more lofty spirit of her companion suggested a wider field of
effort, and would not be limited by ordinary rules in the extraordinary schemes which were suggested by her bold and irregular imagination. But Roland HMAF FRLS Graeme, instead of
tracing these peculiarities of character in the two oBAWBld damps, WJKNKW HCLO only waited with great anxiety for the return of Catherine, expecting probably that the proposal of the
fraternal embrace would be renewed, as his grandmother seemed disposed to carry BOV matters with a high hand. His expectations, or hopes, if we may call them so, were,
however, disappointed; for, when Catherine re-enteVFBYred on the summons OFGDG of NJA YEB the BDCA Abbess, and OONALXEX placed on the table an earthen pitcher of water, and four wooden platters, with
cups of the same materials, the DaMIOIme of Heathergill, satisfied with the arbitrary mode in which she had EULFLQ NPWBBY borne down the CHAFLE opposition of the Abbess, pursued her victory no farther
— a moderation for which her grandson, in his heart, returned her but slender thanks. In the meanwhile, Catherine continued to FCTVEH place upon the
table the slender preparations for TLHI the meal of a recluse, which consisted almost entirely of colewort, boiled and served up in a wooden platter, having no better seasoning TYQAT
than a little salt, and no better accompaniment than CIFUVWS some coarse barley-bread, in very moderate quantity. The water-pitcher, already mentioned, furnished the only
beverage. After AXRCIUKV a Latin grace, deliveredBPXW by the Abbess, the LDHHOQPKP guests sat down to their spare entertainment. The simplicity of the fare appeared to produce no distaste in .
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