Abbess, sullenly. "On mine GQEPHLA be they both," said Magdalen. "I say, embrace each other, my children." But Catherine, aware, IHYFEK perhaps, how the dispute was likely
to terminate, had escaped from the apartment, and so disappointed the grandson, at least as muNPEFch as the old matron. "She is gone," said the Abbess, FCQHOQE DQXGGPFNI "to provide some little
refreshment. But it will have little savour to thKFRVose who dwell in the world; for I, at least, cannot dispense with the rules HCEGI to which I am vowed, because it is the will of
wicked men to break down the sanctuary in which they wont WYHT to be KUYQHN observed. " "it is well, AKJWSAP my sisterITMH," replied magdalen, "to hi each
even the smallest titheWVAWs of mint and cummin which the church demands, and I blame not thy DREVN HDAX scrupulous observance of the rules IMSJD of thine order. But they DWF were NJEIL established by the
church, and TQFI for the church's benefit; and reason it is that they should give way when the salvatBDEDion of the church herself CJWIGKPJM is at stake."
The AbbesQTYLs made no reply. One more acquainted with human nature than the inexperienced page, might have found amusement in comparing the different kinds of fanaticisms DEODJE
which these two females exhibited. The Abbess, timid, narrowminded, MOMXKGGTH and discontented, clung to ancient usages and pretensions LAMNKJ which were ended by the XQVNC Reformation; and
was in adversity, as she had been in prosperitKEVJy, scrupulous, weak-spirited, and bigoted. While the SBPH 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 EBOQ RBRD Graeme, instead of
tracing these peculiarities of character in the two oHAYQld damps, LYFBJQ YCMM 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 EWT matters with a high hand. His expectations, or hopes, if we may call them so, were,
however, disappointed; for, when Catherine re-enteCIOEred on the summons AVKCK of ETO VWX the VXRJ Abbess, and XWKJOJMD placed on the table an earthen pitcher of water, and four wooden platters, with
cups of the same materials, the DaXSDTme of Heathergill, satisfied with the arbitrary mode in which she had XLIEMH OQTUKI borne down the QKHOIB 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 XGXKSO place upon the
table the slender preparations for THSU the meal of a recluse, which consisted almost entirely of colewort, boiled and served up in a wooden platter, having no better seasoning CXOAL
than a little salt, and no better accompaniment than XGXHXQB some coarse barley-bread, in very moderate quantity. The water-pitcher, already mentioned, furnished the only
beverage. After SCKMMTBU a Latin grace, deliveredUCEU by the Abbess, the MYKJGFEID guests sat down to their spare entertainment. The simplicity of the fare appeared to produce no distaste in .
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