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Rosa to visit enerallyride

She would canter up to the door on her pony, followed by amore exquisite than her appearance, in her

purple habit, with her A curls that kissed her cheek and floated to

her shoulders, can scarcely be i, and glide through the dazzled ranks of

the village children She generally ca his daily catechising lesson Keenly,

I fear, did the eye of the visitress pierce the young pastor's

heart A sort of instinct seemed to warn him of her entrance, even

when he did not see it; and when he was looking quite away frolow, and his h they refused to relax, changed

indescribably, and in their very quiescence beca lance

could indicate

Of course, she knew her power: indeed, he did not, because he could

not, conceal it from her In spite of his Christian stoicisaily, encouragingly, even

fondly in his face, his hand would tremble and his eye burn He

seemed to say, with his sad and resolute look, if he did not say it

with his lips, "I love you, and I know you prefer me It is not