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SADLIER ft CO.. i88s. * m i n I , 11 . 10, .JiiiiiJW i|.Ui..ltJ,,., •t*. EOME AND THE ABBEY. CHAPTER L Oao* roathlbl Mton thajr, with hMrif m h Aad ipiriU booyant m thai* itnngvn am i Now, niMk •paeUtora of tha lUrrioK Maaa^ Tkar warn, or ayapatliita muaan, aCw. NuAR the head of the Lake of Geneva, fai the prettj gar den of die inn at Vevey, in the evening of the 18th cl August, 1846, aate an Engli^ party ; who, desiring pri. vaqy, as &r as circumstanoes might permit, were in s group apart from the assembled inmates of that &Tour. ite and joyous house, and were gazing in pleased silence on the mimic ooem before them, with its ebb and flow of tide, its sands and shingles. A priest, two religious, and a female servant occupied a long bench, oversha* dowed by aoadas ; while, on the low wall which encloses the garden from the road by the lake, leaned a beautUbl girl, who, from her age and animated looks, mij^t well have borne her part in the gay dance now going forward in the principal room : and sometimes she beat time and smiled approval to the music ; but it was more ftmilinr to her and had less power over her attenticm than the new and lovely scene before her: and as she turned mut^ fyiy romid from time to time, exclaiming, "Qk^ amafmsmsasaaamssmtessismaiSi mmmmmmia^w^^n^^ii^^i^^''''' H f: 1 If • BOMI AMD TBX ABBIT. what happiness !" no one could have deemed that LQto was a supposed inoorrigibly naughty girl who, at seven teen, was as wilful and as childish as she had been at seven, and whose last onslaught on all the authorities at home hod been a determination to go with her brothers and their tutor, to fish in Norway ! After a long pause, Lilia had just exclaimed, '* Oh, beautiful nature ! made by God alone — " when her at^ tention was attracted by the discussion on the garden bench, respecting the two best modes of reaching the Mediterranean : and Lilia, as she listened, at one time wished she might glide on the now placid at ^ fiir-famed lalie before her, to the city of Geneva, thence by dili- gence to Lyons, and down the Rhone ti» Avignon— Pe trarch's Avignon, to Marseilles : then preferred, and b» came -^ and reoeiviqg holy Communion, before each day's jour- ney, bleseiags from which they had been debarred >trougl) the Protestant part of Switzerlaaa that lay on tatiiir route r : ' Basle to Vevey. They now said th<^ Litany of onr I^ady aloud, an.i then their rosaries in silence : tbv - '>ur^ Lilia addressing her efiUsionB of hi^piness to %hich*'ver of the party seemed the most«t leisure to attend to her , but if no one were disposed io listen, ma retain the bhe admiration they were also >r its sociabili. med complete i scrupulously e blue or pink ace her cradle. >y8, who, their »y, might fitly kunt Gregory u«afW these in their ages, owed another here appeared t all the oon- tty, called her tender solioL ivent of intror neighbourhood 1 the midst of res, Mrs. Sin- e offer mad* BOm AND TBC ABBKT. ll by the domestic tutor, that, as the governess co\M no* manage Miss Lilia, and she appeared happier with her brothers, he (Mr. Neston) should conduct her studies and general education. The consent of the Reverend Mr. Sinclair having been obtained, Liliaffrom the age of eleven, never entered the girls' school-room except to attend the lessons in music and drawing given by proles- Bors in the neighbourhood. The expense of these mas- ters was defrayed by the fitmily friend, Mr. Everard ; whilst the stipend of the tutor, and the youths' further career at Oxford, had been undertaken solely by their unde, the Right Reverend Dr. Sinclair, Bishop of L . The boy who had followed Lilia into the world after two years' interval, was a gentle, affectionate little fellow, who had enjoyed his six years' exclusive privileges as young< est, and had also contracted habits, from his delicate health, which prevented his being often with his brothers. He doted on his father, who doted on him, and preferred •musing himself in his fether's study, or walking with him to the poor cottages, to the more stirring and socia- ble games of the elder boys. Hence the close alliance of Frederick, Henry, Lilia, and the tutor was rarely inter- rupted. She learned "cricket," and " prisoners' bass," •nd to fish with rod «id net She also learned a few tUngs more, unnoticed by any one, till, at the age of sixteen, she was invited by Mr. Everard to take a long country walk with him, and they sate down together on A violet bank to rest themselves, and to talk of things grave or gay, as might please his " Lily of the Valley ;" for BO she had now grown to be called, fiur and neiur. « And so you love to walk b the country, Lily," sdd mm'Mmtismmi»miis>m'i'^>lts«*!*i»*««u».s Jf AONI AHO THB AVBKT. he, " instead of going with Susan and Emma to shop in Elverton 1 Well, you are right, my Lily ; God made the country, and man made the town." **Yo8," returned Lilia; "I used to think that some things in nature were too insignificant for God himself to have made, and I even agreed with Plato that God did not make chaos, but only moulded the chaotic mass to perfection. However, this year I have discarded that notion as too irrational, because, who then could have Blade the world in its chaotic state 1 Why, none less than a God. Now, there is but One God : aud this sys- tem would imply two Gods, or, as Mr. Neston calls it^ *• Duality.' " During Lilia's speech, Mr. Everard plucked a few idolets, and inhaled their perfume to prevent her from perceiving his smiles. At length he said, "And what do Fred and Harry think t" " Oh !" said she, " they have always preferred Aria- totle, because he holds that God is the creator of ideas, whioh are the noble part of us; while Plato makes ideas to be so many inferior intelligences whom God did not oreate, but found already existing : but still I like Plato best, because he holds tiut Grod is not only ui couteni- plation of his oxm Divine Essence, but is also the Provi- dence of man. And is it not oonsoling and hopeful, sur," oontmued Lilia, " to feel that God notices and protects us ? Now, Aristotle holds that, aa God is Perfection, it is a more perfect state for Him to be always in contem« plation of his own Divine Essence, and therefore not the Providence of man, although his final reward. Now, do yptt not like Plato the best 1" A ttfe BOm AXD TBI ASBXr. 19 ** Why,of two erroDeoua, beoause onrevealed systoms,** replied llr. Everard, " perhaps I agree with you ; be- cause it is a great and practical truth that the One Eter* nal Omnipotent God does condescend to be, not only the Creator of all things visible and invisible, but to be also the Providence of man. And we cannot but admire tkfi vast and sublime genius of Plato, which, unaided by Re- velation, excepting traditions imperfectly conveyed, oould grasp so muuh of the mi^ty truth of God. And what a profound and solid t]iinl(er-~what a correct ao^ laborious classifier, was Aristotle i" " Creator of all things visible and invisible !" repeated Lilia. "That was first taught by Moses. That is the Mosaic system which I prefer ; and I am therefore never tired of the country, and of examining all the details of this wonderful weation of God. But 1 should UKe to •ee some sublime scenery : real mountains'— cascades-^ mighty rivers — vast depths of forests — a storm at sei^-<- a volcanic irruption — an avalanche — and to look at the planets and at a comet through a fine telescope." '*Well," said Mr. Everard, ** perhaps in the course of your life you may see all these wonders of nature I will bring over a fine telescope the next time I come to Woodbridge, and we will have a peep at Jupiter." "CSiI thank you," eried Lilia. "And is your tele- •eope powerful enough to enable me to seci the Goorgium BtdDsl" ** Why, no ; not this portable one. We must oontmve • visit to ttte grtHUt t#leioof>« at Buroleigh |br tl«t tmi. m 14 BOm AND TBI ABBIT. •♦ And those sublime wonders which really belong to our earth, and which I oould see without a telescope," Mid Ulia, " mountaiM, forests, the seal" "Well," said the ever benevolent old gentleman, "I ■hould not wonder if, some day, Lily and I took a little tour." " Oh, what happiness !" cried she. « But this must be quite a secret," said Mr. Ererard. "Oh, yes!" said LiUa: "and it would be very dis. iKmourable to tell a secret I shall not tell even Fred and Harry." " And as we cannot immediately, nor perhaps for some months, start on this proposed little tour," said he, " you had better examine those minute wonders of natur* which are always within your reach." "Yes," said Lilia, " the wonders of the microscope- insects, shells, minerals, and flowers. I do look at them teiy often, especially the insects. Last year I did not Delieve that God made those that are noxious : I would not look at them because I thought the Devil made them ; but now I adhere to the Mosaic account ratirely, as being much the most reasonable and consistent" Mr. Ererard here observed, for the second time, tiiat Lilia never expressed herself as if bound, by Oiristian ^th, to believe the whole oontrats of the Old and New Testaments; but lialanoed the Mosaic account agunst other systems of ancient philosophers, as if die were perfectly at liberty to admit or dissent, as pleased her best He was determined to ascertain this still more alearly during the litUe tear he had piopoMd to son ASD TBI ABUT. II ber ; and which, after many hopes and delays, and fears, and secrets, and mysteries, was finally determined fitr the first of September^ to wtoia te • fortnight toWoo^ bri^aValkf. . V ..• t -■'wtiiimiiBMM^MWwH ■■■ iai Mi If aOUB Am TUB I (,•..< f CHAPTER H. V M Alif tli In mlmlo tii Ui traM A OMM bjloTcd, and itiU reiiMinbarMi fcM | Fir nora when, In lonia living connttrpart, W« ind MTiTad th* viiioa of our tMwt. Tm consent of Mr. and Mrs. Sinclair was easily obtained to the little tour proposed by Mr. Everard ; and Lilia, for the first time in her young life, being about to leav^ the neighbourhood of her birth, after Icissing and weeping at all the farewells, especially those to Fred and Harry, took her seat by the side of Mrs. Moss, the housekeeper to Mr. Everard, in his open carriage, which he drove himself, with another gentleman beside him in front. The horses were young and fresh, and could scarcely wait to have Lilia's little trunk inserted in the leathern receptacle behind : and now the last waving of handa was given — the bcrses sprang forward — Lilia smiled through her tears — ^Mrs. Moss prepared the pence for the turnpike— and nothing stopped their rapid way till the ascent of the steep hill from the valley to the downs. Here Mr. Everard turned round to see whether Lilia lookftd happy. He seemed satisfied by his rapid scrutiny, fyt be exclaimed, "Th« tMT forgot M won u ihod, tha miiihia* of tk« biMft** •* Bless her !" exclaimed Mrs. Moss, " people don't ay Qmt are goin^^ for only a fortnight's pleasuring." "Yes they do, at sixteen, my good Moas, just in tW BOm AHD THE ABMtT. 11 maimer I have quoted from the poet" Mr. Everard, then resuming his former position, said in a lower tone to the gentleman by his side, who was dressed rather peciu liarly in black, and had a countenance as noble and intelligent as it was handsome, ** If it be not against your strict rules to turn round also to look at a young lady, you will see a pair of eyes and a forehead that will remind you, Don Carlos, as they do me, of days gone by I And the mind within is also alike." But the gentleman called Don Carlos did not turn round to look at Lilia, ' and merely said, " Former ties, and former titles, enter equally into the holocaust. You promised to call me no more Don Carlos, but simply Father Duago." " Ah, true ! so I did. Well, but no one heard me ; and neither your person nor your history is known to our young companion, unless she should recognize your fiunily likeness to the present lady of Elvertdn Hall and her children." " And this young lady," sud Father Duago, ** is then the motive for the excursion to the I pared you, have greatly reduced your strength." "My health is good enough," sud Father Duago. ** NcUdng done or commanded by the Society of Jesus is excessive ; and surely you are mistaken in supposing that my former military life had not prepared me fit itttdy and sedarfmi. Remember, I wm twice impit IS ■Om AND TBI ABBXT. ■oned, stiother time ocmfined to tny bed by a dtngorcMk wound ; and at all times, when duty rendered it possible, had recourse to books of a literary and serious na* ture." " Like your holy Fomider, after the siege of Pampe> luna," said Mr. Everard : "but your former life has been more innocent than that of Sidut Ignatius Loyola before his conversion, therefore you need not luidertake to become so great a penitent. You have been steady to, though unfortunate in a virtuous attachment. This has been my ourn case, and almost t may say to the same object, after the death of her mother. Well ! may God foi^ve her all the pain she has given, and is stUl giving us!" " When the heail;,'' replied Father Duago, "is firmly fixed on God tHone, no creature is capable of giving us personal pain. We feel pain or satisfaction only in refer* ebce to the outrage or glory given to Grod." " But when a friend, and more than a friend, is acting ill a way to puzzle one," said Mr. Everard, "so that one cannot foresee with any certainty whether there is not about to be a shipwreck of all that was deemed prudent, nsi8tent, firm, and rational--«urely one may, and ought to feci anxious?" " Even in such a case," replied Father Duago, " the uneasiness should not be excessive. We should pray that the person in question be given fi-esh grace to enlighten, with fidelity to correspond to tiiat light, and then hope for the best. We are bound not to pass rash judgment on our intimate ftiend, just aa much, if not ihore than on a stranger." IW* BOm AHD TBI ABBir. * But do you know," Mid Mr. Ererard in s still lower lone, " that shi has left die Abbey t" "Where?" said Father Duago suddenly, but then ' Oh ! no one knows exactly," continued Mr. Ererard; " she has left off consulting nu. I suppose she had proper consent I heard — ^not from herself-^that she wanted to restore the old Benedictine rule in the Abbey, and still to retain the Active Sisters of Mercy, and to hare two communities ; and for the Contemplative nuns to live in the retired side of the Abbey next the heath — ^the solitary part; and to keep up tiie ftill choir office; and more than this, the Perpetual Adohitiofi ! Now, how is she to get subjects in this Protestant neighbourhood for so immense a community as she requires ? And why could she not be contented to remain in the active life, in her pretty little bonnet, with her straw basket, still to be seen and spoken to by her old friend 1 I am getting too old, Don Caries, I am too old both for her clumges and your sublime abstractions and disengagements. And I do not know where she is gone, either 1" added he, whip- ping the horses, contrary to all his theoiica, and whirling the carriage across the downs to Lilia's great delight The inn at which they stopped was the first whose interior Ldlia had ever seen. Here they were to rest the horses, eat their dumer, and take a walk : and this waa their daily practice during thei? tour. At dinner and supper Mr. Everard took the head of the table, with Fadier Duago seated at his right hand, whQe Mrs. Moss «te at. the bottom, with Lilla nestled close to her— the {dod W(nnan heartily enjoying her holiday and the oflbe^ W t a v; 1??- M ■Om AND TBB ABBir. (fcr which we have no English word, aud have borrow^ from our Spanish and French neighbours) — that o( duenna or ehaptrvn. Mr. Everard, who was never angry but with those he loved too much, recovered by degrees from the irritation which had driven him to this first stage nearly an hour before the appointed time; and a short nap after diimer completely restored him, for he found that while he was asleep Father Duago had said his office, and was again ready to listen to his recreative talk, and to take the part of objector, defender, or proposer, as the case might be. It had not been for bu own health that Father Duago had consented to this little tour ; neither was it to teach young Lilia Catliolicity, although he had been interested In the account given him of her theological education. n>e great, though concealed object for becoming one of the four tourists, was Mr. Everard's own aoul— Father Duago having felt the responsibility towards God, ever ainoe the renewal of their friendship, of rousing him from that morbid benevolence of creed which might have its preferences, but could condemn no rfiligious system, and that vague, easy admission of Catholic truth, which had constantly led the Catholics with whom he conversed to form the most sanguine hopes, which were as constantly disappointed. It might be an intellectual treat to listen to Mr. Everard's graphic account of religious theories, from Plato to Descartes ; but difficult would it have been at this time of his renewed intimacy with Father Duago to have won from him the condemnation of any scheme of creation, revelation, and final state o^ bliss. Father Duago had been particularly struck by this in the aolic^ BOMB Am m ABBBT. tods he ezprcMed for Lilla. He feued ehe wm under tile tuition of* Deist ; be wm desirous that Father Duago ■hould lay before her a history of Christian theology, which should malie her a good CathoUo; but when the priest ventured to penetrate into Mr. Evenurd's personal intentions, he found that to prefer the Christian Revela tion— to consider the Qiuroh in oommunion with Ronie to be the only successor to the Jewish Dispensation— to admire, to lore, and to defend her, was in the estima* dim of Mr. Everard, quite enough to stamp Urn a Ck> tholio, and save his aouL Father Duago'a ostensible task, however, was with Lilia; and that very evening h^ found an opportunity of saying to Mr. Everard in her immediate hearing,-^ ** Befwe the CSiristian Revelation, and in the remote ages of antiqui^, there were many great minds; but would* we point to the two mental giants — ^to the two names that are symbolical of human genius— of the genius of in. Bpiration and the genius of logio— we must soond the names of Plato and Aristotle." " Ah !" cried the ever ready Ifc. Everard ; " why, here is (me who will quite agree with you. Lily, give an ao> oount to Father Duago of what you remember of the Pla* tonic System, and why you prefer it to that of Aristotle." Hie unconscious Lilia recapitulated precisely, though fai a timid v ** You »re quire right," obHervcd the Keverand FsUmt "Pagva thought, though awiated hy the noblest nflurto of geniuH, was uiutbl« to coitooive • perfect idM of God. ITw existcnoo of God wiw auknowiwlgvd : philoMphy had ulao arrivod to its ipeculationi to a oeitain conceptioa of the unity, aimplicity, and porfijotiou of the Divina Nature : but this conception was incomplete, and mixed with grave errors. Plato and Aristotle gave each their assent, and their proofs, that there is but one God : but how reconcile this Divine unity with the eternity of uncreated matter? In fact, at the bottom of all their Iheories was to be found, not Unity, but Dualism." " Yes," said Lilia, " that is eucUy what Mr. Neaton ■ays." T^en, observing the gentleness of Father Duago'a voice and manner, she ventured to add,^ '«I am not aur. prised that the great men of antiquity were all spocnlatinf about God, because it is '^-^ most interesting subject that oau possibly occupy the mind ; and I should not oare much about the beautiful soenes I am to be taken to in this tour, if I did not believe that Moses wrote the truth, when he aaj's > ^en would cease your bounden fiuth that Uiere is but one only God." Father Duago h^ spoken very deliberately, with aa* veni pMwes, mi tjhen added, **!• this made suffideatly dear to ycail" Lilia replied, as timid yowg persons generdly nfifyt * Tes, sir ;" but after a few instants she sud, " I find it * i-n-nrnr^MTTK ■WSiF- J. I iijiUPJi juoji-mwwa M BOm AND TBI ABBST. diflknilt not to consider tliat the original God is greater than the two other Persons he has made m Himself." " It is our ftith," returned Father Duago, «* that at no time was there one only original Person, without this perfect image of himself, and the immediate production of their mutual love. So that three Persons in the same divine essence— Tri&ity in Unity, have existed from all eternity ; and, as regards theur divinity, all are equal. Remember what I observed to you just now, that directly you attempt to make different d^ees of divinity you make to yourself more Gods than one. Do not expect, however," continued Father Duago, « to find nothing difficult in the mysteries of God. The doctrine of a Trinity in Unity is above our reason ; but this you may •afely believe, that those who would escape from the difficulties of this great truth have ever involved themselves in difficulties, not only greater but inextri* eable." Lilia did not reply ; and after a few instants* silenoe, Father Duago, intent on his subject, anxious to know tha progress of her mind, and forgetting the strong fiunUy likeness which Mr. Everard had mentioned, for the first time fixed his eyes on her countenance ; but they wore inatantly dropped-r-an expression of sudden emotitm passed lus brow, and then all was calm. The deep and solemn subject of the previous discourse was not however on Ihat evening renewed, for Mrs. Moss tapped Mr. Evorard on the shoulder, observing^ **It is getting late for Miss Lilia, ■ir," and then ifttired witii her to their rooms abova. attutmaMttam^m ■MIS ASU m >d is greater Himself." >" that at no without this » production I in the same ted from all II are equal, that directly divinity you ) not expect, find nothing DCtrine of • his you may >e from tlM er inrolved but inextri* nts* silenoe, to know the trongfiunUy for the first It they wore [en 6moti ent manifestations, although original to your mind, is a very ancient error, which was omidemned by the greatest Christian phUosophers of the second and third ages. In wishing to escape from the mystery of the Trinity in Unity, yon will, as I observed before, involve yourself in impossibilities. Truth is simple inasmudi as it fS a cofr tinued view of the one only Grod, and aims scdely at Him. But would you aspire to a perfect knowledge of Ckid — to a perfect grasp of truth, rest assured that by the doctrine of the Trinity alone can you mount to that sublime height Saint Paul, that vessel of election, who waa caught up into the Uiird heaven, and heard words that were not permitted to man to utter, even he attempte doI to consider it an easy matter to know God, but exolaim% *Oh the depth of the riches of the wisdom and of the knowledge of God ! How incomprehensible are his judg> mento, and how unsearchable his ways I For -min hath known the mind of the Lord!' Your soul desires to ooi^ template the Etenal in all his purity, asd die beholds a li|^ too intense to penetrate — an ocean of life, unfirthom* •ble, unlimited t All perfection is there ; aU truth, all beauty, aii wisdom, all goodness I And to God himaeif BOMS AKO nn 4Bnr. 31 •U k simple ; but to your finite mind, to your created •oul, these perfections must be complex, mysterious, •wful, insomprebensible !" " That is very profound, and very sublime," said Lilia, ••and you, sir, seem to speak with authority, and to think that I ought to believe your system." " I*, is not my system, thanks be to the Triune God !" exhumed Father Duago. "It is the Christian Revela tion, ^ven by God himselC Yes ! to satisfy those aspira. tions towards himself, which He has himself inspired. He has condescended to reveal the mystery of his essence. He has revealed to us that his Unity is a Trinity, and has commanded all men to be baptized in the name oi the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost." Lilia looked timidly round, and finding that Mrs. Moss bad left the room, she said in a low voice, •* Then I had better be baptized." " Have you never been baptized 1" said Father Duigo in the same tone. "No, sir," replied she. •• WiU you permit me," said he, •• to refer to Mr. EveN •rd respecting this most important disclosure t" •• Mr. Everard does not know about this so well as myseW;" said Lilia, "because he thLiks I was baptized with Willy when the baby was diristened ; which pap« folly intended. Willy was christened, but they had foN gotten to toll me not to be missing, and I had gone off with Harry to see the great tree felled in the sand-p^t" "But what age were you at that timel" ia^tind Fatiiar DuifiK Wt. WNW AM» TBS AimR^ **b is three yean ago," rvpUad tike: *'f wm JMft. iurteeft" Mr. Evemrd wm standing at tbe open glaaa door ot iha aittiog^oom during tlua private eonversation, telling ftfrsi.Mo«ato oemeia from tbe garden or she would catch the ihoumatism ; and their being thus engaged with each other enisled Father Duago t» put aome fiurther questions to LiUa, and to euoouiage her in her reaolution to be biqitiMd immediately, hut in great imvaey. Mrs. Moss now enterii^, soon took Lilia off to her repoee; and Father Duago, heiog left alone with Mr. Evenurd, mentioned the remarkable omission disclosed to him by Lilia, Mid that he was much struck by the fact that, in so numerous a &mily, where sooner or later it had been deemed neoeasary to save the souls of the chil- dren, she alone had been overlooked. " Aimij^ty Grod has had His designs in this," added Father Duago. ** I have bee»as rnnoh int»«sted aa you ejqweted in convers- ing with her. Her remarks are extraotdinary for so young a girl, and her disposition seema most artleaa and doaile. Whatavav asrupies of deUoaey we may have had in not prooeedii^ tae At in the oowenioii of a child wilhout the kBovdedga of her parents, they are all swept •wi^ by tha discovery of her un b i^ i tiwd state. I do not tliink that we o«^ to. proaeed ona sti^ more, at the risk t tiiat of bibHeal tr»- ^ition, respecting die origin of die world, namely, die celebrated hypothesis of Emanation, wfaitism ; she wcold never be made «• aimprehaiid the |»otta aanqika whioh, durii^ I 'ft' M - Tirrr-rii w— mmbw 1 1 .;. W9 BOm Am* TBI jean after Lilis'a birth, prevented her ikther from pi*. Mnting his infant ohildrai for baptism. She would mifr judge Mr. Sinclair, and despise Lilia." "Very well," said Father Duago; "we do not want her in the least" " But how are we to get her out of the way V cried Hr. Ererard. " Cannot you give her some commission,** suggested Father Duago, "that wUl detain her from the house during half an hour ?" " Oh, I will go with her !" exclaimed the terrified Mr. Everard ;** that is, I will take her with me for half an hour's wallc ; I had better be out of the way. Neither godfather nor godmother are essential at LUia's age.** " It is well they are not," quietly observed the Reverend Father. " WeU, then," said Mr. Everard, "I wUl not disturb you any more, but talte myself off to bed. I shall be at your mass, however, please God, to-morrow morning at eight o'clock, in the ohapeL" And accordingly so he was ; but bo did not awut the termination of Father Duago'a thankh,pving aRet mass ; for he wished to avoid all further private conversation, until "this atbir of Lilia's," as he called it, should be over. The aealous Jesuit, on rising from his knees, sought the senior priest in the chapel- house, and confided to him, without revealing her name, the unbaptized state of Lilia ; requesting that some trust- worthy Catholic female should call cm the young lady •bout eleven o'clock, seemingly to pay her the polite at- tentiob of a visit ; and should remain with her after Mr. Everard and his housekeeper had started on their walk. IS . aom Axo nn Amr. ft IW iBtennediAte boun were devoted by Father Dingo to iiutruotioiu suited to the immenae gift about to b« beatowed, and in terma oongenial to the mind of the recipient. When he informed her that the aame Divuie Being, of whose perfections they had disooursed on the preceding evening, would, in the three Persona of hia easential ututy, descend on her soul in Baptism, Ulia immediately inquired, " By particles, or emanation T* "By emanation, after a wholly spiritual manner," replied Father Duago ; " and this communication of tho Divinity to your soul will leave an impression never to be effiioed: so that when free from the encumbrance of matter, your soul, ever aspiring towards the Divinity, will fly to the ccMostant oontem{>lation of his perfections, and to the embraces of his love — this bapdisni^ ^aso- tion from Himself, remaining on the soul, will be the token of your acceptance to this joy throughout eternity." ** It ia joy ! it is joy, even now in hope !" cried Lilia; ** for, if it bo happiness for God to contemplate lus own perfection,, what overwhelming joy tot me 1 And this most divine emanation will remain in my soul until it is once more absorbed, and I with it, in the divine essence." " You are nut ever to lose your individuality," said Father Duago. "Ah!" cried Lilia; "how can I be admitted to the embraces of his love, and not be absorbed and lost 1" " You were created," said Father Duago, "to tofiplj the place of some fitllen angel, who, having had the oboiise of good and evil, chose evil, and is banished from the ^ght and enjoyment of God for ever. You are aware ■out AMD TBI ABBBT. ttat, aiUnr Aetevolt and oondemtwtion ofthe fctten ■ngdls those who remained faithfal were confirmed in rtoe Mid bliss for ever ; and that, to supply the places of Uiose who werelost, Gk>d created man, leaving to him also the choice of good and evil. Yon know very well that man proved IM gaUty as the fidlen angels ; that he chose evil and lost Ids faiheritmoe, and deserved to be, lilce the rebel angels, oast out at once for ever. This would have beooi grief to the good aiq;els, who ardendy desire to see their vacant places fOled to Die greater glory of Ood, and would have been the greatest triumph to Uiose now beookne devils, who desire, in all pride, hatred, and malice, to ruin man. Idnd. Ton know well what reparation was made, and irtto repidrod the insult offered to God by the sin of Adamr « Yes," replied Ulia ; " our liord Jesus Omst died fbv dl mankind.'' " And Who is Jesus <3iri8t V* said Father Duago^ * He is the Son of God," replied Lilia. ** And how is He the Son of God t" said her Rerwoia Instructor. ** I do not know," at loigth replied Lilia. *'P«adon me," said he; "but I cannot accept that answer. Recal to your mind our conversation of lost 'night, particularly that part which related to God in the contemplation of his own perfections." The colour rushed to her cheeks, wludi it always did when die had conquered a difiiculty and gwned a truth, and she said, "Our Saviour Jesus Christ is the divine YefloMioD of all the perfection of God. He is the haaa^ Mto 4Una AMD TBI It "^'T liftte produotion of God's oontmnpUtion of Himself : He is Uie perfect image of Ood Uie FatiMr : He is the second Person of the Divine Trinity." " IVue," said Fatker Duago ; ** and therefore Ood ol God." * I have hrard and read a great deal," said Lilia, " about our Lord Jesus C3irist, and I have always loved Him very much ; not only l>ecause He has saved me from eternal death, but also because He is so good." " My dear ohUd," said Father Duago, " our hoed Jesus CSuist has died for you and for all mankind, and has willed that all should be saved : but he has left oertain oonditions — and the first of these is, Baptism, by which the sin of Adam, 43alled * Ongkul Sin,' is eiqpeUed the soul for ever." ** What would become «f my wwl if at this momeat I we^e to die f ' said Lilia. ** We mif^t h(^ that the earnest denre you bow frel to receive tUs Iifo>giviiig sacrament would b« aeo^>ted," replied Fathw Duago ; ** that you would be beptiaed in desire. But durii^ these maqgr years that your aoul laa lemained in original ain, and eoKseniueBtly in • state c< deadi,,youdo not appear to have felt much UBeanneas undl now. And supposing, wiuoh Ood fivbid, that amy* Ihuig were to prevent my oonferriag Baptism en lyon, -no«r that you ardently dasiredtAad aU is pnpared, and that having lost this opportanityyou were to neglect seekiqg Mother, I eould not hqpe that you woidd be satved. Tour soul must be purified from all sin before ehe en •he admitted to the pvesenee of the Ood 4)f all purity, and mu«: receive Ae tbee theolpgieal vurtaMof VtiAt 2* M BOMC AHD TIU AUIT. Hope, and Charity, which aooompany the deaariQg waters of Baptism.** " Does God send these three theological virtues to pre- pare th« way before Him," said LUia, " by driving out original sin and making my soul fit to receive Him I I suppose so, as God will never come in contact with sin. And are these three virtues so many inferior intelli. genoes or ideas 1" " A virtue is a quality,'* replied Father Duago, « which the soul receives, and by which she is enriched and adorned. What the sciences are to the mind, the virtues •re to the soul. Thus you rvoroeive they are not angels, but they are conveyed to our souls by angels— especially by that portion of the angelic hierarchy who are denomi- Bated 'the virtues;'—* who drive away the clouds from our miuds and Uluminate them.' You may therefore believe that three of these angelic beings wUl bring you from Almighty God, who is the centre and source of nil virtue, these three highest qualities, to enrich and adorn your soul— Faith, Hope, and Charity, tUt you may be. Meve, hope, and love aU that He has revealed by his Church and continues to reveal— and that you may do so, not as a barren theory, but vitally, that is, undoubtinglyl practically, perseveringly, beioically." " And tiHm," cried Lilia, " when these qualities brought by the angels have entered and made my soul ready for God, He will fill my soul witii his divhutyr "He will fiU your soul with his grace," said Hie Father. •• But not with his divinity— not with Himselfr $M Jiim. "What it the grace of God r '-•WWMKimi wm Bom AMD nn absbt. " Tie gi v^ »f God," Mkid Father Duiigo, " it the Tirtu* of Got? umvAyed to a soul." *«Tb« virtue of God!" repeated LUia; •* that it God." ** But only auoh portion of the virtue of God," said father Duago, '*as would be suited to the soul ot man, which is subordinate, and dares not aspire to those which are properly the attributes of Ciod. I will enumerate them to you some other day, because our present time ia ttmited : I will also, at some convenient leisure, tell you .of all the other virtues proper to man." Father Duago then spoke to Lilia of actual sin, and desired her to remain in the room where he was instmot- Dg her ; and to devote the interval of his absence to examination of her conscience, to sorrow of heart for all ker sins of thought, word, deed, or omission ; and to confession to Almighty God, his angels and saints, in a Jow tone of voice, of any transgre- sion against his holy law which recurred to her memory, imploring his mercy and pardon. •• Why will you not teach me how to go properly to confession to yourself) at the priett of GodT taid lilia. ** Because," replied Father Duago, *' the sacrament of Pennnoe is instituted for actual sin committed after baptism. The actual sin committed before baptism it Intally washed away, together with original tin, by the Iife-givl% water to die unccmsoious infant, and to the adult who, like you, desires the saoramoit ' in holy fear and love.*" He then placed in Lilia's hand a orudfiz, telling her to kita the taored wounds uf Him, true Ood Kom AKD nn ai tad true man, who had etubled her by hit death to pa4< (Irom death to life. Father Duago \tit her to obey hia directions. A fnw minutea aftor Mr. Everard had decoyed away Mn. Mom, the Catiiolio lady selected by the priest arrived ; and Lilia's private devotions being finished, the only delay was in her changing her coloured travelling dress for one of white, emblematical of the purity about to be best' >wed on her soul. On Lilia's return in her white robe to the sitting-room^ Ihe door was locked, and the sacred function oommenood. Ulia luiderstood Latin, and Father Duago spoke distinctly fid vrith Eolemnity ; she therefore could, and did appr»- - liate every subordinate rite ; but when the time arrived |>r the demand to be made, " wilt thou be baptized V and ihe had replied, " I will," the full sense of her former risk «nd her present privil^e filled her mind — the colour fttriied to her cheeks, then fled, to leave her paler than ever. She trembled with awe. Her soul was now really about to belong to the divinity — after whom she was con- tinually yearning — to the knowledge of whom she waa constantly aspiring — and now, (he virtue of Him who filled heaven and earth in his mysterious triune, was, In the element of water, to entw within and stamp on her aoul hi9 eternal posseaalon of her whole bdng. Kneel- ing beifore the priest, her hair flowing on her shoulders, he poured over her bended head the watered life, saying, ** Lilia Mary, I baptise tiiee in the name <^ the Father, •nd of the Son, and of the Holy Ghoat Amen." Olia, noTf A " member of Christ, a child of God, and fah«rik)r of (Jbfi rdngdom of hasvai^ reeeived the oanpa> iirt»T«l>ri>-fitiiwiiii KOMI AND TU (aiAPTER IV. f\ ii ! rkrawall! jiyetrijrjojr*— mrhom»,ftu«wtlll PluynwtM, and friendi belored in fondart tiM. No mon tie record of our dayi n»y tall The pnyer uaitad, or the loliaol-room priMt THROuaHOUT the little tour which had been propoaed hf Mr. Everard for the benefit of those he loved, his spirits DOW rallied, not again to flag. " Lilia'a aSair" had in« volved him in nothing, and he now sought to please and instruct her as they visited the lakes of Windermere, Derwentwater, Grassmere, and CUsMrater, with all the advantages of fine weather, good health, and good spirits. If Lilia at any instant regretted that in the month of September the cascades and mountain streams were dried up, she consoled herself the next by runmng up the dry beds of the torrents, which gave her sure footing to the very tops of the mountains. At othei times, directed by Mr. Everard, she attempted to sketdi from nature ; and, while he corrected the errors, she sang to him "Softly rise, Ob, southern breeate," and "Hark! the lark at heave&'s gate sings," his two standard favourites. lli>i« the contentment of her elder friends in Lilia's happiness continued with but one interruption; this wai! when, having ventured too daringly near the edge of a height, the ground partially gave way beneath her feet, and she was saved from destruction only b7 ner light vptit^ to firmer ground. She did not feel alanaed }■ J proposed b J id, his spirits lair" had in* a please and Windermere, with all the good spirits, he month of treams were r running up > sure footing other times, i to sketdi ■ors, she sang and "Hark! vo standard elder friends interruption: gly near the way beneath 1 only b7 ner feel alarmed taMPHWM* im - KOm AMD TBB AtBtT. §9 •t the moment of the exertion, but when her three frifloda, who were a little in advance, turned to address her, she Lad fiiinted on the turf and heath to which aha had sprung. As she had been all life and joy an instant before, no one could understand the mystery ; neither could Mrs. Moss, on whose shoulder she leaned on reviving, com* prehend her first words — ^but they were understood by the others — ^" Oh, if I had Men a v«tk ago down that precipice l" Father Duago then perceived how truly she had conceived the danger of her former state, and that spiritual emotion, not physical terror had caused her thus to taSaxt. The next day Lilia questioned her reverend instructor respecting the final state of the unbaptized, adding, "I have never known, nor did I think yesterday, of what would positively have befidlen my soul had I died with out oven the desire of baptism. I thought only of the loss of God.*' "And that was exactly the thought, and the only thought to have at that time adnutted," said Fatiiw Duago. "I feel persuaded that, you returned Him thanks when yuu recovered from your first emotion, that he had granted you a renewal of life, in which to further know, love and serve Him. Had you been suddenly kUled by fidling yesterday from the abrupt height, and as suddenly made to appear before his judgmf,nt«eat, we might ho^ie that 'jxixt. would have borne untarnished your baptismal innocence aixi 'G^raoe, as the wedding-garment without which no one can be admitted to the nuptial fei> ' . nwrefore you nust thrtber pvaj that this fnA borit. o^* MMMMMI T)iO «0M£ km nm jomn. 'life vjqr indeed prove s Mening i? you, ard that yoa may never liave cause to ragret that barren or siniul years liave followed tltis epoch of your eutUy course ; for remember, that to a baptized person is still left his choice of good or evil." " Oh 1" cried Lilia, " I never will dwose evil I" ** And y«u must further pray for graoa," said Father Duago, "not only to resist evil, bat to choose good. The w'^d is an active principle, it cannot remain dor- -mant; the heart is full of aiTections and emotions, uid •must have an object and recipient Choose God aloiie ia these your early days of umocenee: let Him be ih- only object and recipient of all the powers of your inind, wTall the afieetions of your heart, of ail the aq[>irationt> of .your souL" "I have ehosen Hhn," said Lilia; "I Imed Him bdbre I was baptised ; and now tlat I belong to Him, ••nd have reoeived his gnMse in my soul, I love Him sdll more. But I am sorry to give up a notion I have had ihese last two years— that my soul waa a pattide of his ■divinity." *' How tihen eouUL a soul ever be Umt," said Father Doago, "and given up to devib for all eternity 1 To hold that a pwtim tha theological lectures of the tutor, at which hour she privately arranged with the different ■UHters to send for her to take her lessons. In other riaspeoto the sympathetic tie^ of studiea and ■^ -r PBBIB •iiiKiMMiiili MB -44 RCIMS MiD reorefttioiw continued «U ss MO*! between LBfai «sid Imt brotbera, until, in the sunnnw of the folk>wii^ year, aa .ftUeagroasing subject of interest lurose, which to IMkk .proved a Btarting4>oint to higher and better tbmga. A college friend of their tiither, who had been stajring Mine time in the neighboi»rhood, but who lived on the ■ea^xMst and amused himself with sailing a yacbt, invited the two eldest sons and their tutor to accompany hiifi Musk to his marine villa, and join a party thai edleoting to go on board his ya<^t, whiofa was liestined diat year for Norway, where lunaelf and odier amateur fiahermeB were to catch and «at aalnon. Never w«s mvitatioa more aooeptaUe, e8pepening of dM study door, where their fiither, mother, and Oaptain Armytage were in di»> course too deep to be interrupted — the subject bein^ a request that, on hia return ftom Norway, Ckptain Army< tagc might repeat his visit, and claim the hand of the fiur Emma; having, on the preceding evening, obtained fbom hor this reference to her parents. At length, just when Mr. Eyerard had driven up to the door ** to see the boys otC," the study door opened^ and the astonished parents beheld the young Lilia all prepared to start without an invitati n; while the brothers entreated^ and detain Armyta^ smiled and bowed ; and on Mrs. Sinclair^ tellmg lilia that ladiea. were not intended in the invitation, the Captain proposed that Mrs. Sinclair and a// the daughters should set saO for Norway. But this was negatived ; and while all the fiunily col- lected, save Emma, and eadi one had something to say indicative of their' astonishment, their disapprobatiim, (heir scandal, and their terror, Mr. Everard whispered to the weephig Lilia, " I have something in store for you, diild, better than Norway.** '*0h! better than Norway!** sud she: '*how can thatber ** Yes, I tell you,** returned he, *• better than Norway." tlieii drawing the parents a little amde, be said that he % i3 ' ff BOMB An TBI ABBir. would take Lilia home to Mrs. Moaa for • day or two to unuN her, and that they might then peihaps manage another excursion, to break thu terrible parting. This proposal was a great relief to them : they returned thanks, and Lilia, scarcely knowing what was being done with her, was placed once more in Mr. Everard's carriage^ with her little trunk and her bag of books, when, just as Frederick was assuring her that they should travel in company almost as flir as Bumleigh, Mr. Everard called out from his driving-seat, "Where is the little green harp I gave Lilly in the winter 1 and the tuning-key and the box of strings?" All were fetehed; the bewildered girl, surrounded by her little possessions, and scarcely noticed but as a rid- dance, was driven off to make way for the other carriage, and only young Willy, running in from tlie garden to bid Us brothers fiurewell, called out ** Qoodl»ye, UUj," ud tea ika kft har hooM Ar •«« * mmi'mmummmm tm m^ ■Om AMD TUB «t CHAPTER V Mi A aMM«I wrtk^Mk* li tbriMd, Vptaraioff til our hoatl ftiaiidttiM i ••Onwudto Rom* !" if bow Um wiwd, Fmb •vtrr •!!• ud •TcmUUoa: * Wbt, bless my hesit and soul," exclaimed the worthy iCrs. Moss, "if hen im't Miss Lilia come back with master! Well, how you're grown, Miss. — But what's the matter! Oh, your brothers are gone to Norway! Well, pleasuring, I suppose. It is fit they should haT« tfieir turn. You must not be selfish, you know, my dear Miss Lily, and periiaps we may take a little jaunt agaia somewhere. I riwuld not object myself. Why, whers is the key of your little trunk 1" *« Oh, it is hi Fred's pocket!" excbimed Lilia; "ha pot it on his own key-iing to be safe, and I put Harry's pooketoompass into a comer of my trunk for him till we should get on dedL Poor Harry !" Here was another weeping fit ** Oh," cried Mrs. Moss, "so you expected to go with thcml But how could you go so fiv with boys and men 1 lUs ia very childish, lUsa Lilia ; and you are grown too tall and womanly for such bold amusements, lliere ! I oedare my key of the hot closet just serves to oponthe trunk ; but I can't qpare it, because of the bottles cf Madeira. HI get you a new key. Why you have had M frflsfa frodca nnoe wa went to the Likea ! I woodat jtltiitaimtmiM ^ 4ltt- Boin Ain» tn abut. tUt Mr. Everard never thinka of preMnting you with • new dress, since you we such * fcvourite, and .lie mskes you so mmny presents, one w»y or another. But me» never think of dresses unless they have had wives. Look here. Miss Ulia, my dear, here is a whole piece of fine, elear, white muslin, with a pretty little hem and tucks ready wove in th« breadths. It's wondwrfol the skill of manufacturing in these days. Well, I only mean to say, my dear, that if you will but accept this for your best evening frock, that I shall be most proud and pleased : and you don't deprive me of U at all ; for 1 bought it ik great baigvn, thinking to make new window-curtaina. Now smUe again, and say. ' yes,' and I'U have it mada lip in a twinkling." LUi»did smile, kissed Mrs. Moss, and accepted the naw dress; but could not yet banish the too endearin« t^oui^ts that were wound round the key and the compass. In the eveaing Mr. Eveiaid informed her that oe waa going to take her aoroaa the sea to Bdgium and ei>«> ^here. « But is this better than Norway r said Ulia. "Yes, it is," said he, '♦and when there you will tell meaot" The nert morning Lilia accompanied Mr. Everard to, the CMholie chi^, where, after eleven months' suspeii' sion from aU CathoUo privUegea, she once more haara MMa. She was then taken mto the parlour of the chcfel* bouse, where, after waiting a few minutes, they were Inined by the Reverend Mr, CJonway the Celebrant, fol- Vwwd bj f i«*«r »W -0|H!*«iedLBi.»«hH»PI rou with • ;lie mskei But me» ^es. Look )ce of fine, •nd tuclu the >kUl of ean toMy, your beat d pleated : bou|{ht it Ik iw-Gurtaiitf- re it made icepted the > endearinfi X and the thatneiraa a and elM^ ilia. oil wUl tdl Everard to, Ltbs' •uapeB' more heard rtheohiH>el> , they were lebrant, fol* "happi Bom Ann nn aibst. 4i thouglits are now ooming into my mind of fait year !** The ounveraation which (ullowed ooniirmed this feeling; and befbre Lilia left the chapol-boum she had arranged to make her confesaion to Father Duago on the fiillowing morning, after which she waa to receive once more the adorable Sacrament All this took place, and on the third day, Mr. Everard, finding her not only calm, but cheerful, left her to the care of Mrs. Moss, and rode over to the vicarage to announce to the parents that Lilk was a Ouristian and a Catholic, and that henceforth h« engaged to adopt her. It was with difficulty that Mr. Everard could find the amallest space in Mra. Sinolair's mind to hisert * LiUa's affiUr.** Emma's proposed marriage had brought to light an engagement of Susan's, which she had eoooealed Ae nearly two years, and aA»r upraiding and fiiinUng, Mn; Stodaur had forgiven the delinquent and her lover, a young kwyer in Elverton, and the double marriage waa to take pkoe in November. Then followed the subject of Oxford, the boys, the bishop, and the tutor; so that, although Mr. Everard had three times pronounced dM name of LUia, he was each time interrupted by, " Exoum me, Sir, but I was just going to mention, Ac," till driven at last into one of his fits of desperation, he started up, and ezchdmed, **! will not excuse you, Madam, nor 70ur cursed partiality ! Your daudit«r Lilia ImmI bead dead— •• •* Dead r shrieked Mrs. Sfaiclair. "When! Howr "Had been dead for sixteen years, and passed fiom tfeadi to life last year by odier care than yours. She waa 4«ad in origbal ain, and was then bi^tixed and mate » ■.W....,'i»4.!i.!«!W...-. •'■--'f'-. 10 •OMB AKB Tm Asnr. Cktholio ; and from this day I adopt her, eqaall} witk < other, whom 1 do not nartw. Whether she beooma • wife or a nun, she will receive her portion from w Mrs. Sinclair, who was hoping for portions a BuBon aod Emma, did not venture any reply but Uianka, and Mr. Everard sat down again, and informed her that he intended to take Ulia abroad, and to place her whera her happiness and spiritual education would be the best secured. " I shall write a few lines to Edmund," said he, *• and perhaps may ride over here again before we start" Thus ended the long-dreaded announcement to the pa. rents, now performed under such &TOurable circumstances liat it had scanjely affected any nerves but Us own. On Mr. Everard's return to his home he found Lilia kuaUy employed for Mrs. Moss in picking raspberries for preserves : but after eating a great many he sauntered on 10 an arbour, and called to Lilia to join him, which she had scarcely done when she was attracted by a be* '^d bush of blush-roses which grew at the entrance <» arbour, and to which she directed Mr. Everard - tion. " For," said she, ** have you never remarked, Sir, that it is seldom a blush-rose is perfect ; there is so oftan a worm within or a blight over it, while these seem all to have escaped 1" As lilia stooped over the ruse-buab, and then, feeling rather tired, sat kneeling beride it, in* apeoting the ftowers, Mr. Everard contemplated the plo- ture before him with the more affection and admiratkm from the dium he had now given the living flower to hia paternal care. " Lily," said he, " can you find me some points for meditation in what you have just remaiked of theUuskroser BOIL^ AMD TIB ABBBT. ii **! would muck rkttwr listen to your pointi, Sir,** replied Lilis ; " for I *m sure that you have already found them." " Why," said he, " I have always considered the bluslw rose to be as fit an emblem of innooence as the lily ; but I had not remarked, as you have done, the worm and tha blight. These we may look upon as sin within, from an evil natjrCjand sin without, from temptation; and if you will pluck a sufficient number now to make a garland fux your hair, I shall be reminded perhaps to finish the medi* tation after dinner ; for I perceive John now bringing me the crossKiountry post-bag, which will occupy me till then." Lilia immediately commenced to pluck and weave a garland of roses, buds and leaves, with the graceful and poetical taste so natural to her ; and was r<' warded fur har prompt obedience by receiving from Air. Everard, directly she had placed the garland on her head, a letter fW>m her brothers just arrived in the identical tiountry poct-bag. The principal part of the' hurried letter was ftxmi Harry, announcing the safe arrival of the pocket-compass, and a few lines firom Frederidc stating that he did not send back the key, as he conclu«!<)d the box had been opened long since, and that he * wouM keep the key for poor Lill's sake I" The postscript, whici> was dated " rmer, withdrew. In about aai hour Mrs. Mose wa« diisired to get everything in readiness to tmvel to Dover en the following day ; thenne to cross to Ostend, and on to Bruges by railroad. ** There," added he, ** we must port Aom oui little girl, but you need not tall her so. She is to proceed with some religious ?«dies to Rome." It was then early in August, and admirable weather for the Norway e»«urMon, but pathe? penitential, thought Mr. Everard, to travel south. '' Howrver," said he, '* it is always flresh, if not colo you mean real iowern, siis or artifiGiidf* !»• ^red Mrs. Moss. " Alas V^ replied he, *• they mask be the latter, aa mora •odurii^ And tell Uly, if she has any time to qMUPe, to come to ring to me, with her little haL'p,for it is hav laal orening at Bumleigh." When arrived at Dover, Lilia for the first time bshald Aa oowb; and, kBowing nothing of the broader wmv«b ditetkMi on tlier gentle* ial buucoM I bl«Mii>g of s. MowwM rel to Dover lUcAy «od on I, M we must ull ber so. to Rome.'* able weather ntial, thought ♦said he, "it which is the len I oonoluda go down that nflM at Mar VeodiU; w IT. The beet ^" added he, garland she «e anywhere kvti&nalf" in- I ',aamofe ae to spare, to Uiihavlaat itimehslMld iroader w»vet «f thfe Adantie, gaaed hi admiration . dammed, and then remairuid m silence, which was inter' rupted only by a Tetiatt todie hotel fin* refresaments ; for that same evening they went en board the steamer : and tile light breew wUeh had improved the majestic appear* anoe of the sea in the earlier part of the day haviiig lulled, Lilia remained on decli during the passage, feeling B» k^oonveaienoe but hd^ger, aad alternately thinking of her brothers (also sailing on - the ocean), and of the rablime eitpMwe of wstnrs Created by the fiat of the Almif^ty! At Ortend they eat and slept; aad in the momiag; afW mans,- Mr. Everard and Lilia rejouwd Mrs. Moss at the hotel, and they entered the steam-train for Bra g e «'" i both Mrs. M«n and Lilia finding it very strange to be actually travelling by so easy a transition in another country Uian their own ; and while they were amusing each other by recounting their various in^presriocs by sea and land, Mr. Everard silmtly reeriled his earlier days of (ravel fa the Low Coontriea, and »he historical and stirring events fa whidi they had been so proline. Brugee, Liege, and Ghent he was especidly |0ad to r» visit, an<^ as he drew near the formei' city and recognised the old masses of heavy architecture, wUoh he would not have lightened by an fach, he nearly forgot the purpose of Us present tMt, and that more of emotien swaictd ^1 Tf'=- Hi kt aom AVD nu abbit. Uir. at Bruges, than ereo. oondgning the young UMm inta othnr hands. After having shown Lilia the principal ardutectural wonders of the city, he in*^ )8d her that she would that evening proceed towards Cologne on the Rhine, in com* pany and under the protection of t- iligious ladies, who, with a reverend friend and a fe. Jie servant, were going on business to Rome. "To Rome !" exclaimed Lilia, following Mr. Everard into the sitting-room of their hotel. ** But you are going also, I hope, and Mrs. Mossl" ** No," replied he ; " Moss and. I must travel hack to Old EngUmd." ** Oh !" cried Lilia, with a fresh burst of grie^ ** why am I always to be losuig and changing the friends I lovef " She under whose express care you will be," said Mr. Everard, " cannot be deemed any change from those you love," " I do not understand you," said Lilia. ** Who is this bdyr Mr Everard turned away, bnt as )ie walked up and down the room, he began to hum the air, ** Oh, no, we ne/Ver mention her." " llien I know who it is !" cried Lilia, sprinj^ towards him. " Just tell me — only tell me, if I am ri^t!" And she whispered in his ear an inaudible Mme. ** Well, well r said he, resuming his walk, " perhaps k is she." ** Hmo, oh! what happbeaal" said Lilia, the colon Bou Am raa abut. M raabiBg to her Owe. « And who oonlrired all tliisi Was it Father Duago I And am I to be actually toivel Vng up that majestic river, the Rhine— and seeing aioun tains and cascades, and ruins of castles and abbeys I— and all in the company of her I love best on earth, ex- cept Fred and Harry t Oh ! bow good of you ! How goodofGodP Mr. Everard ceased to hum the air, and drew out hia handkerchief; whidi Lilia perceiving, she remafaied hi that silence so full of timid thou^t to a young fenm when tlie smsibilities and mysteries of her elder* an> bemg partially disclosed to her. In slKtutan hour from that tipie an elderly benevolent looldng goitleman entered, who proved to be the English priest come to fetdi Lilia to the other hotel, whwe her religious relative was awaitmg her ; and Mr. Everard to •void anodier parting, told Mrs. Moss and Lilk that perhaps they might meet again at Liege or Gologne^ and then himself aocompauied the priest and LiH'i to tha hotel where she was expected. They mounted two pail's of stairs; the revmorrow. I mu»k tpeak to Father Dnago about an aflhir of Importaaoe, ttd must get at some papers loeked up at home." ** Very well, air,** add Mrs. Moss : " we don't tak« long |ir»fiarii!g; and I do kMp thinkiqg a good deal about Mtora preaervMk** Aoeovdingly on the following evening they left Liegtt; Mid in 1«M than t wwdc Mr. Bverard w«s looUng at his pi^toB, and Mrs. Moss at her frmtrirm, te their oM Inine at Bimdeigh. One nrgent motive to retami boihe, oooMqueAt c:. tin Htm tnrin of thought w^ jges te d to Mr. Sveraid by tlM tepeniMl of the lUb efSt JttltaM was that Faiher DuagCf, whMe eoimsds had beeome asws iary to Mm, folght ba Men dooHnaaded baek ttwtk Eaverton Hall to 8leffy< hntst} mA Hallrsl e«r«Mi r e turtJ n g lM«wwi»tot» cure a visit from him. Fathsr DMgft did, hi truth, etpeel vsary stfott m quit Brwtca, and iIm all whMi, humaidy speiddng, Oat ml^ •loB might have Immd to hfan; and was prepared toliatfa 1% if itr mrntf fat Oa tmm spktl «r • 8* ■I IIMWMW r I M BOHB AMD THE AMMKt. oreatures, wbioh hit superiors had already proved wbaa they sent him there. But those who had obtained from the Society the unusual boon of possessing at onoe a near kinsman, an accomplished scholar, and a devoted priest, were not, like him, indifferent to the change. Hie lord of the manor. General Carrington, now raised to the peer- (ige as Baron Elverton, a dormant title to which he had loi^ laid claim, bad received the private intimation that he was about to be appointed (Jovemor-Gieneral of In- dia ; and amongst his distant preparations for that ho- nourable exile, had hoped to leave his son, a youth of fourteen, under the care of his maternal unde, Father Duago, on the estate, to which he wished him to become more attached. Lady Elverton was also, if not more, disappointed. Who could supply Father Duago's place as confessor to those of the household who were to be pensioned and retiuned at the Hall during the expected five years of absence, especially her &ithful Spanish fol- lowers, who had made no progress in English? litis latter question was not so ^cult to determine, as the Society of Jesus, in the humble priest's opinion, could easily send a confessor, understanding Spaaidi, who would more than supply his place to the household : but revpeoUng his young nephew he did ponder, supplicating Heaven for li^^t to direct him ; and at the end of some days he advised Lord Elverton to place hk am at tba College of Noblemen in Rome. **In that case," said Lord Elverton, **! will take him there myself. I prefer going overlaud to bdia; anS Beatrice, and the young ladies accompanying her, have that mode quite at heart We oould also make part ot ■i ■ONE AHD TBB ABBIT. S$ the journey without tearing asunder the ties of mother and obUdren ; as, in the event of my placing Ferdinand in the Roman college, I should probably give Letitia in charge to the accomplished ladies of the Sacred Heart on Uie Pinoian. Do you think well of this arrange* ment T "Indeed I do," replied Father Duago; and the whole plan was therefore determined on by Lord Elverton to the great joy of his lady. These arrangements had taken place during Mr. Ever ard's absence in the Netherlands, and Father Duago was now recounting them at Bumleigh, with this additional information, that he had that day received the expected command to leave Elverton Hall within the month ; but that, instead of his destination being Stonyhurst, he waa to repair to Rome to conduct the studies in the " Colle* gio Nobile," in associatimi with the other pn^essed Fa- thers of the Society of Jesus. •• You knew aU this, you sly Jesuit !" cried Mr. Ever- ard ; ** so, not content with depriving me of yourself yoa have wUed away every one else to Rome." " How can that be r said Father Duago quietly, ** when the arrangements for the &mily at the Hall were eonduded List week in England, and my personal in- struotions did not arrive till this morning, and d teal" " Ha I a cup of good tea— mixed green and black 1 Yes. Made fresh and quickly— water boiluig— erewn and new milk." In a few minutes Mr. Everard was stirring this iuoont. ^arable tea, and reviving bv the very fiimes. " Sit down. Moss : I have something to consult about. We eigoyed our little trip to the Low Countries, did we notr "Yes, indeed, Sir," said Mrs. Moss. « It was pleasant to go, and stUl better to come back. There is nothing like old Eiiglaud!" ** But whfit ki old England— what is life, without those one loves 1" "Very true, Sip— 'tis the heart's oontent makea the .howm fmilCk" " But my heart is not content," said he : " erefy one I loTO is going." " Bless me I not every onel" cried Mrs. Moi& " Why «j^ has Idt the Abbey ConveDtr « Well, Sir, we knew that long ag^" , «A»dUIy hat left the VicangeT sss ■fe tion,bfi id draw rd iu • , iMtlM i blackl ^— «ream winooniF iihaboHt. «,didwe ipl«aMnt Dotking ludua the aum Aim * Whj, Sir, yoa todi Iwr offyounclf I" ** And all the fiunily are going from tits Hall T ** Well, Sir, we've known that these six weeks." "And Ferdinand and Letitia are to be taken to Room I* ** Wdl, Sir, they must be placed somewhere." " And Father Duago ib ordered off also !" "Tbere are plenty more priests left in Eagland, Sir; ■od there's plenty more tea, if yoa will but take another " No, Moss, it is of no nse. What, mors tstti Oh, yas, of oourse, more tea ;-^bHt I tell yon it is wssless to fHresent me these dry motives for oomlbrk. There are Hnlcs and fibres in the heart and mind finer than the moat delicate nerves of the body ; and there are synipathette tios and mental relations imperoeptibly intwined intc- one's very existence, which are to outlive the separatiot of matter, and to adhere to the soul, both in its supericv and sensitive part, in aetata of purification and perfection.* Mrs. Moss did not remain to hear all this^ she had started off at the ** dry motive^for comfort," to tetoh the other cup of tea : which her master having concluded, he started up, saying, " Well, Moss, I also am off for Rome !" ** Very well. Sir, so I supposed. And when do you go t" ** Why in about a fortnight And will you go too 1" " Why, Sir, to speak the truth, you are cot so young ■s you have been." " Very true, Mosir." ** And nobody can deny but that you love your cup c/ •." "Most true. Moss." ** And then. Sir, who is to infiMrm you early in the mora M Horn AKD ma abut. hg viMt sort of weather it it, w that yoo may put om either the thick or thin fluinels T "Ah! well, I iee, Moee, thitt you wUl oome with me." •♦ Yee, Sir : but I mutt first tpeiJt my mind, Mr. Ever- ard. If you are to be at the expense, Sir, of tailing me to Rome, 111 have no wages. And I must further say that, without blame, I might look for the promotion of bsing considered your friend and companion, and not a ■ervant, if I go so fitr from my own country. I have saved enough, and I've had a legacy left me— and you have not a truer friend in the world than mysel£ So here's my mind. Sir." "And a very good honest mind it is," nii Mr. Ever trd : ** so you shall go on your own terms, Mrs. Moss." ** But you need not be changing. Sir, from calling mo |lahi ' Moss.' I want no formality but friendship." ** God bless you ! then, Moss, here's my frioidalip lit fvwr Aad dMs WW the compact concludad. m mm Am CHAPTER VL A yOgflMag* to BoiM, la Mtkflil y Ml*. Tk* iMea* wm ftma tynamj at hMM i Or inw Bt (!▼•■, wllk Mplatarj taan, Or wmptdtToIlM Am, at Um ApmOaft taaik An tnvdlen from Verey had now pawed throof^ tka valley of the Rhone, and had arrived at Martigni,a place of interest from its being the last town on that route be- fore the ascent of the Alps, and -containing the monaa> tery lb which reside the Abbot and invalid and oonvales* sent m mks from the celebrated one at the top of the Great St Bernard, the highest pass of the Alps. Here, to the humble church of the monastery, on the morning after their arrival, the four female travellers heard Mass and received the Holy Communion from the Reverend Abbot, and then made their thanksgiving during Iht Hass of their fellow-traveller, the Rev. Mr. Terrisoa They were then hospitably given break&st; the holy and gradous Father Abbot oonverring with them during the repast He was much interested to find religious women travelling to Rome, and invited the senior lady to a prl. ▼ate ocmforence, in which his previous interest inavased to a desire personally to benefit them. He desired her to write down 'n )u1d lU by the t in pri. b«the ^ Ml the rophetio her pU* gave hit ktlmaj ,andb»- I At Sion, it's beau M»rtigni. flt forth* (enerftl ot lewrittec ntreating Moentof ceatained Uurm the toeed the leglected he Mtof the work, loeoo the tiJMthe got timet, ooiddbe "(Mil lUvwand Mother," whii|>ered the jtnmger R» ligiout. ** We thtll not die,** ttid the eldei, •* nntU we heve Ail- filled our mitrion in Rome." " Ah, thityou toid in that dreadful storm fivm London to Ottend,** returned the younger Nun, " and yon were right : but may Almighty God In bis mercy furgire me all ray eins ! and our Bleteed Lady, and Guardian Angela and Patron cii^te preserve us on this narrow shelf ovir that dreadftil pit of destruction !" ** May I open my eyet now, Mr. Terrison T said Lllia. "No, no— HM>t yet. May the Lord b« meretful to oa •11 P cried he. •'Ah! Now tUi la an awflil temptfa^ of the Almighty! Vetturino, Vetturino! let at ool, man! Let ut walk, for Ood't take P But the domr, at they had proved beftre, reqnired • partioular knaflk, which aeeret the Vetturino kept to Mm- a^} and he wat at that time walkmg on the tafe side ol the horses, a little way behind them. "Miserere me Deus secundum miserioordinn tmim,* began Mr. Terrison : to which penitential paatm the Re. ligious responded ; while Lilia kept exclaiming, but in a low tone, " Great and Holy God, to whom I belong by my baptism, and who saved me on the En|^ moontah^ wre me now, if jt be Thy holy will. I believe diat in Iliy Unity is a divine adorable Trinity. I believe what- WW Thou oommandest by thy Church. I hope in The* abme. Oh, if 1 fiOl over this precipice, receive my soul. I wish to love you above all that you have created, how* ever beautilUI or good. Are we goh^ over now, Reverend Mother? Oh, Lord Jttut^ Divhw Bedtamtr, who hat ,t..,.wj-,-.m-, V.JU. --■•-'■iiirti i 'ntfru iT BOm AMD IBM ABBXT. Mved me from eternal death, receive my souli Oh! now we ara over — Oh, Jesus, Jesus !" But the crash which sounded on LiHa's acutely suffer, ing nerves was the opening the stiff door of the carriage ; for the Vetturino, or, as he invariably called himself the ' Vctturale," at length came to know if they wer« .aif^rmed. "To be sure we are !" cried Mr. Terrison, putting out both his teet, and struggling down without the steps. "Come out. Miss Lilitk. and you too, Lucy, and let the Nuns sit on this side of the carriage. And piay, Vettu^ rino, what is the use of all this space of ground next to the rocks, if you keep the carriage dose to the edge of the precipice 1" The Vetturale replied that it was useless to be moving in and out ; that they could not always keep by the rocks, on account Of the tools and rubbish ; therefore it was better to keep on in a straif^t line. "You will always find," added he, '' that the ne7 engineer fc» AnL Twenty years ago the tunnels, or, as they oidl them, 'galleries,' which we shaU pass to-morrow, wer« eonsidored the wonders of this pass; and now we shdl probably look at them with the eyes of critics accustomed to artificial roads and tunnels of surpassing workman, ship." Heir mid^y halt was Briga, and it was early in the evening when they reached Berisa!, which ww to be their shelter for the night. Tftey visited therefore the pretty 'ittle chapel, and joined mentally in the evening Angalus and Litany of Loretto, said in German by a devout pei^ Mnt congregation. ITie neat and picturesque inn wa^ Mke the pas. of tiie Simplon, undeigoing repairs, and the hot months of July and August had been chosen, being those m which travellers were not expected. Here was not therefore sufficient accommodation for th, English party of five, and the two Religious divided tiie night in alternate watch and repose. The elder Nun was tiie first to bear tiie &tigue of sitting on an armless chair, while oUiers slept: but she drew a smaU teble near her on which she leaned. She had whispered to tite attendant peasant as she left tiie room, "What do you call tiiia nearest and highest glacier just before die window f ' and the reply had been, "TTie top of tiie Simplon." The Nun extinguished her lamp, and gazed on the ijita peak of ice, now hitensely brill lant in tiie moonlight. The wearied eyes tiien dosed, and for awhile she slept and so profoundly, that when at lengtii her uneasy pos- ture roused her, she could not comprehend tiie fiust tiiat ■he beheld— «ot tiie narrow oonfiaes and pious ornaments rf the hidden cell, but the high Alps, on her long and wv m 68 KOMC AND THV ABBKT. anxious pQgrimage to Rome. Yes I her dn«in bid bMtt of cloistral duties and united prayer; but ibe waking thought must be of lofty, lonely piRrpo«>-divofoe, for •while, from all that lovely is of pious siaterijot^ and fikir repute; and her mind found sympathy in the snUiiiM Rcene before her. She arose »nd softly opened the ease, irent to inhale the pure midnight air, on that aOUi of Augu8^ raid the eternal snows. More than ever was she now the chUd of Providence— more than ever did mystery surround her : and she seemed caught up and fijwd in an atmosphere so pure, so hij^ so rare, so desdale that, like the cold glacier before her, she might nevar again descend to the smUing sympathies, the j©ys, the mirth, the kindly look, the loving voice, the flowing tears of th« volley. Could she accept that destiny 1 Yes, if deeUa- uig yea*'8 or foiling health could assureler of a near pa*, ■ago to the city not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. But could she accept that destiny now, m tha fiill power of her health and fcculties— when the mind was in still more vigorous action, the heart m more earnest feeling than in the earlier years of her woman, hood 1 Yes, if spiritual consoUtion should abound ; if to the cold moonlight of the night's sorrow shmdd snooeed the bright sunbeams of the mom— if she eooUl bask and glisten in the celestial smile. But could i^ accept to be for life a human glaoier^into which no sun can penetfato, no dews, no showers can melt— could she aooept sncll dereliction 1 The Religious shuddered and dosed het eves. But was there a state beyond evaa this hi sirring .^d, if 90, could she aooept that state— oould she iceept tiM divine annooncement that all j^vioua fiivottra htA BOm AKB TBI ABM*. been deiuafcms— thst she had deceived heveelf aad othen •—thai her state of doreliction was not to pvxify but to punish-- that she had been the Tietim of satanio aii— bttc that having been so, not in wilfulness but in weahnesi^ her soul was saved ; and satisfied with this great boon sha was henceforth to be an icy, solitary beacon, pointed out as the great witraing to all fervent, g^ierous hearts, of hidden dangers in the mystio life t Could she accept that destiny 1 Hie shuddering was succeeded by a chill throughout her whole fWune, except the eyes, which were tortured by the glare of diat immovable point of ice before her ; but she raised them above, to the dear blue vault of Heaven, and excUunrad^ **Yeei ^for Thy g^reater glory, my Spouse, anu my Ood I" 'iVo hours on Uie following morning, winding higher and higher, brought the travellers to tiie Hospice of the Simplon, where they presoited the letter ftom the Abbot at Itartigni ; and where, previous to the ho^itable bvealu &Bt, they had the renewed consolation of Holy Mass and Communion in the noble chapel of the Hospice. The Reverend Prior, if he did not possess all the calm dignity of his Abbot at Martigni, had his own admirabla charaoteristie of openJiearted benevolence. He abowpeared quite nnseiouB that he was caressed and admired. The othaiv Hid more aodte form in the pieture, wna LUK wiM» «Mr ■■ mami 'I i > I 111 ■m • l^uivt of delight, had thrown herself on her knees, had > tOMed away her bonnet, and was alternately leaning her bead on his back, or winding her arms round his neck. ** Oh," cried she, " if Fred and Harry could but see this real dog I How often have we played at being lokt in tho snow, and found by this noble creature. Under dry leaves, or hay, lay I ; Fred, being the strongest, was tlw dog, with a bottle of pretended wine round his throat ; and Harry was the monk, with his long staff and basket of provisions. Almost all the scrapes and disgraces I fell into with Miss Rigby were owing to Fred, the dog, tearing my frocks. Oh, if thoy cauld but see the real dog in his own mountains ! — just where he ought to be, the noble fellow ! 1 must send them a lock of his hair, if the Prior will let me cut one o£ Mr. Torriaon, will you translate for mel*' " Well, indeed," cried Mr. Tcrrison, " there is but one Ktep from the sublime to the ridiculous. Tt>e look of a dug's hair! A proper Protestant relic!" and he fol- lowed the Reverend Prior and the Religious through the ofiioes and outer door to Uid grassy enclosure round the Hospice, more or less covered with snow, in which, ap- pearing to be now but a rigid and peaked hillock of ioe^ was the extreme point of the Simplon. After taking a grateful farewell of the Reverend Fa> ther Prior, and depositing their mite in the poor's boi, oar travellers b^an their rapid descent of the mountaio, and by the evening had arrived at Duomo d'Osaolo. They were now fitirly in Italy, and Uiis suflSoed to oocupy Lilians thoughts. Here they received the hospitality of • sight's lodging and breakiiwt from a religiuas ooooouf ingher neck. I Bee this der dry was die throat; d basket igraces I the dog, the real [bttobe, hishur, ison, will B but one look of a d he fot lUghthe round the Mch,ap* tckof ioe, erendla* oor's boi, mouDtaiOi d'Osaola to occupy tpitality of OOOOOUf Bom ira isnr. thy devoted to good works, and fuU of the sreetest and most cordial charity. The following morning, ployed in England as missionary priests, and the female branch is also established in England under the title of ** Suters of Providence." Our travellers visited the coo. T«Dt and school of these " Pious Teachers," as all Reli> gious devoted to popular education are termed in Italy ; •nd then, after Uie repast in the villa, sat by the justly noted lake, grateftil for all the mercies that accompanied their journey, and also rendering thanks for those still ia ■tore — as the considerate old lady and her Reverend Chaplain were preparing letters for them to deliver to the Mother.6uperior of the Visitation Nuns at Arwus and to 7t utaa Am rm abbct. F'l Wmsl, the Grey Sisten of the Hoepital at Novura, which letten produced all the kindness and cordial hospitality so edi- fying to the recipients, so full of reward to the dispensers, H being declared by their Divine Spouse to be ''more Messed to give than to receive." To the highly-gifted Mid sympathising Superitwess ot the Salesians at Anma our elder Religious confided in part the object of her pil> grimage to Rome, and received in return for tlus oonfi- dence the most heartfelt wishes for her success, with the promise of a continued remembrance in her prayers. Like the Reverend Abbot at Martigni, this sweet Reli- giotts entreated that, when suooessful, the English jril- grim would write to her, that she also trng^t rejoice and retitm thanks. But it was with the Grey Sisters at Novara that Uiim was in full enjoyment. She could not yet understand (heir language, nor they hers, but she loved them directly, and they loved h«r. Every part of that admirable estab- Ushment interested her feelings ; she almost determined to be a Grey Sister, and nurse the sick and dying; and •t the parting, kissed and wept as if i^e had spent her life am da ooufi* vithtlM prayen. set Reli- |lidi pU- joioeand AiatUlia identMid direcdy, I)lee8tab- itemtiaad Ingi and spent her tolova wUlevar aJNla AND lU ABBir Mr now CHAPTER VIL Bator th* fold, thov tluftai uaStt Tlijr mother ii blamlins Imitl . B«B to th* s^ltar of tby 4*^ Tho tlinnler it i> the oload ' ThafaithAU AaKkisw*nlBg-buk And aaxloa* eo«n» hM mad* ; Haito I for Ibf woU Ua« is tha datk Of joadar aMaitakada. * « * mti was btil^Q^e^ii^ll^ m^'^& jl^peot, muI Uiey would reach Genoa — the fkr-fiuned Grenoa ; they* would see the Miediterranean. Hie country had become l)fit and uninteresting ever since Novara — ^the Rev. tSi, Terrison longed for a rtulroa^ and Mlta found nothing fli eicterior objects to amuse her, except tlie giycefiil lioi^' dresses or ^e remate peasantis. "I find it a great relief' to tiaVe nouidre beauMd scenes to contemplate," said Sister' Bfary Agnes; the joui^gi^ I^im': " human nature is' so pione t6 look oulf^ iiutead of widiin^ aiid I am so' wektL** <* Bu^ ^Mter Agnes," said Liliq^ *" do^ M dirraBlini^ •nd b^utaful raue tiie soul tp God V* « When tiiat' is the cue,** repilied di«telr AfP^di; ibojt es^y ad4re8ui^, and believing herself heard by lalla tifmof^ "it must be profitable; and Almighty God oon- dnots sottis by such different means, that we oaii nevw i^iire to prtmounce &r ^others.** ** But even for your8#, l^r Ajj^i&^-'kiify y^ Ibv* 4 iJF i -il ■I- f !>■ I Mk 'it •i H HOUX AHD THX ABSIT. God more and more »t every fredi ^laj of Us Wfl» derful creation r - .. •. "I loved Him as much in our little cdl,'' s«d tha ynimg Nun. " And what oonld you see from your window r » I could see nothing. It was placed so high that oar Oratory was beneath it, with the crucifix, and «»»»"«■ memhrances of all that He had done for my soul. This was sufficient." " Pray, Miss LUia," said Mr. Terrison, who wm test- ing his eye^ but had not been asleep, " did it ever hap- pen to you to be taken to some show— call it * Coemo- rama,' or what you will— where you had to wait in some dull, gloomy room tUl it was your turn to have a peep, and then you could have staid there all day : it was no longer dull and gloomy 1 So it is with these good Nuns : they have each got %j)eep at something better than even the wonders of «reation ;— so Uie mystery becomes ex- plained of Why they love their cell, m which they get thia private peep oftener than elsewhere. «• Oh," cried LUia, " I ioiow what you^nean t It is the contemplation of God himself 1-his truth, hU wisdom, his goodness, his love 1 These are superior to his oreo- tlon— they are increate. They are his divine essence, which it would be sufficient for his own happiness always to contempkte: and yet He is so fWl of love that He has created man, and is his Providence. This I have been long taught by Mr. Neston, my brcthers' tutor." « He Uoght you very weU. But did he teach you no vorer »«d Mr. Terrison. « No: but my own fcther taught me In his evenfaig ttfe bkloor kher Te> . This as rMt> ferhsp' in aomd ispeep, t was no A Nuns : teven ^gettUs BOm AND TBI ABBSr. u •^Mtetions and Sunday sermons, that I can do no good, and can expect no salvation, but through our Lord Je»ua Christ." •♦ Very admirable, also,** said Mr. Terrison. " But did he teach rou no more t" " NeveJ"!* said Lilia : " therefore I blended the instruo> tions of the two in my own way ; and until last year considered the Lord Jesus Christ to be an inferior Intel* %«n«o— neither God nor man, but a most mysterioua being, full of love and goodness, and, as Mr. Neston terms Him, • the holy founder of the CSiristian system.' Last year the Reverend Qiaplain of Elverton Hall taught me that our Lord Jesus Christ was that very God whose truth, wisdom, goodness, love, and other attributes had been distinctly taught me; and that the mystery of his life on earth did not consist in his being a little more than man and alittle less than God, but m his being both in their utmost perfection. He taught me also who is the Holy Ghost, whom I had look^^d upon as an inferior intelligimce, and the beamr from God of holy thoughts, like the angels. Now I know that He is God ; and I have learned every thing respecting the angels, and their great o(»cem and interest for me. What happiness to be at length amongst them I and how glad I am that the fiillen angels chose evil, and have made room for mo, and Fred, and Harry, and Reverend Mother, and all those I love, to be bom, and go to Heaven." "You must not be glad of evil," said Mr. Terriscui, •' nor rejoice in the sin of an angel, for your own advan- tage ; but you may and ought to rejoice that Almighty I i m fi BOiu AND TBI ABBKT. God hM overruled that evil, and brought forth greatM good than if that evil had not been oommitled." •* Are you not delighted that you were boin, Mr. Ter. rtson r said Lilia. Mr. Terrison, who aU hia life had had to struggle with gnat physical depression, and dread of death, replied with a sigh, " I am bound to thank Obd for his Aree gift of life, and bound to employ it in his servioe." " You sigh, Beveroid Sir— you sigh !" cried Lilia. " But, oh, what joy to exist Geom. nothing!— to know, to love, to servo QoA ; and to have our places all prepared fbr us where we shall contemplate his perfections for everT , -•.-.- ,■■+'.'*; " If we be fiSthfiil to his grace,** said Mr. Terrison. •• But I ooncluAe you have been fiirther taught that Almighty God, wKen he created man, gave him also his ft«e dwice of good and evil, and that, like the faUen angels, he' chose evilT ^^ ^ " Ves," laui LUia. But it is uset>j iMj ing, ' My God, give them grace to become great Saints.' Why, we have Saints Fabian and Sebastian, Si^ts John and Paul, Sunts Cosmas and Damian, Saints Gervase and Protuse — and why not Saints Frta and Barry f" " Yes, I wiU do exactly as you tell me," said LQia, recovering her spirits as she looked on the benevolent oountcnanoe of Mr. Terrison. ** Indeed, it will greatly vonnole me to feel that I can be really useful to them, and in a manner that brings me near to them again. As the great God is boundless, and fills all creation, they are in Him, and I am in him, even now. Besides, ws have all three been baptized, and our souls belong to Him : but if my praying for them causes God to think of them and of me at the same moment, then we are re- fleeted all three together on the mirror of the memory oi tfie Divmity, and we meet thus in God." ** Who taught you. this idea 1" said Mr. Terrison. TTrrrr^^ rfl, 'V^ >•' T^m't-'m^^ «0I» AKD TBB ABUT. H ** No one," replied LUia; ** it hH juit come into my blad. Mi^ it aUy there 1 I luppoae it majr, for God Is the creator of ideM. Thej* were not pre-existeot to him — that w«a an error of PlatoV ** This is a very odd girl !" whispered Mr. Terrison to Sister Agnes, — " at once so childish and so profound." Then addressing Lilia: " God is the creator of all things visible and invisible, therefore he ia the creator of ideas ; but God is all perfection, and truth is one of his attri- butes, therefore he creates only those ideas that are true. When you conceived that idea, on which I do not pro> uounce, of those distant on earth, if praying for each other, being reflected together on the mirror of the me- mory of God, and so being re-united, was it not in ooiw sequence of some previous metaphysical conversation bdd with some one 1" <* I think it was," replied Lilia ; " but not lately. It is nearly a year ago that Father Duago taught me the doc- trine of the Trinity in the Unity of God. He then said that God's contemplation of lus own perfection was not a barren abstraction, but a fruitfbl production, for that the perfect image of Himself was the instantaneous conse- quence. I then thought of a i|||rror, which perfectly reflects the original object ; but I knew that the perfect Image of God's perfection, being a fruitful production, was a real Divine Person, and therefore a mirror is but a v>:!y imperfect comparison; however, it has often oo- . ourred to me fur want of a better. I fbrther learned at that time that the mutual love of these two Divine Per- ■ons produced instantaneously a third Divine Person; BO that Uio Divinity has contained from all eternity thrM >l i ■ 1} HOXS AND TBS ABBKT. ■ -J. ,. . .... ', ,t . ■ ' ■ Pcvwms— «U holy, wise, and powe^ul, one as the othat —God being in three porta." •* That last expression is your own, I conclude ?" naid Mr. Terrison. "y«s," replied lalia. "When I think that God hw chosen to be in ^iree parte, I find it easier to understand the equality of his Trinity." " Perhaps the expresdon ' God w In three parts ' may be admissible,*' satd Mr. Terrison ; " but you must be careful not to say that, God is divided into three pans,
:dmitting sin into your soul. Remember what we have been speaking of respecting the choice of good and evil. If, in expelling original sin, baptismal grace pr';vented the power of actual sin, every baptized person Ttrould b« jfifgaiaMm&sgmmmmmmmm God h«w inder8tan W' i« MOure of eternal blisa ; whereas it is only when a penoa has died too young to have had the mental power of choosing evil, that we are warranted in believing that, >vithout the aid of wiy other sacran.tnt, his soul has returned immediately to his Create i, ^^ to his orighial destination : for,Gk>d c ;«ted the soul of man for his love and service ; and if the soul, in her free will, makes arty other choice, she ci^parts from her holy destination, and toe Devil looks out tor her to become his for over." " Oh, dreadful ! dreadful !" cried Lilia. What is to be done?" " Why, as Almighty Grod accepts the soul under two conditions only — ^innocence or penitence — ^if she have lost the .former, she must embrace (he tMev ; and may ,re8t assured that if she do so truly, humbly, generously, she will find that her pen'tential state tias woven round her the wedfling-garment, which will admit her, to ^ nuptial feast o^ the Eternal King." ** But it is better to remain innocent," said Lilia. " ¥m better," responded Mr. Terrison. " nien I will renuun innocent !" cried Lilia, quitb iui> eonscinus of the smile which curled round lilr. Ijerrison's iDOUth, wd ""' ] -sflected by Sister Agnes and Lucy. " r pronuoea A. nighty God, and Father Duago, at the Lake of Gras-r^ere, that I would never <;hoose evil !" N 'r[- a year had, however, passed since then, during wolcsh she had approached the saoreji tribunal of CoatHii- naa — twice to Father Duago, and oftentimes to the Reverend Mr. Terrison, with whom alcne now lay the knowledge of how fiur, in the sight of God, she waA atiil "the Lily of the Valley." «flw»M— aiiMiiiinw RUMR AND TCS CHAPTER Vm. ■ut than e'«r gUdad bj Ui« pan lUr-llKhti Atong the ihont of lUljr and FnnM i In all Ut« iplandaur of thoM rautheni nighti, When mamorjr and feu* ere huthed |ierehBiiee t Thon hHt enjoyed— Oh ! wonderAil ■■ rare, Soma pleennt nHHoenta In a world of care ! Artnt one more day of trsTelling, our English party entered rgain into mountain scenery ; and at length l>egao the descent into Genoa, and lieheld the Mediterranean. « Oh, is U possible !" exdumed Lilia. " Do I actually behold the classical Mediterranean, that contains ScyU» and CharibdiS; and so many — ^many remembrances ! Oh ! if— My Qod, I desire to love thee above all creatures ! — but if Fred end Harry were but here ! My God, give them grace to become great Sainta ! And the opposite coast is Africa — ^wonderful ! Another quarter of the globe, where in ancient times stood CWthage, the great xival to Rome, and still oontuning Alexandria and Hyppo, cities of the early Stunts — Cyprian, and Athana- tius, and Augustine. Oh, what happiness ! And then, for beautiful GenM itself there are historical and pioutf ixcordd, for there was the great Admiral Doria, and there was Saint Cathdrine of Genoa, with many more in «Mh class of greatness Oh I Lucy, are you not glad to see fiunous G^oa f* liuoy smiled and gave a little private nod, but sha %mM not ooinmit herself before her preaent cnjnfuaj - isMMt^^mm BOm AHO TBI ABBKT. 8» {liah party igthbegaD jiranean. > I actually una Scyllft taces! Ohl futures ! — God, pve le opposite ter of the , the great ndria and adAthana- And then, and pioutf )oria, and more in not glad i, but aha oompany by owning that she did admire very much, not only the fine winding road, and the majestic city and harbour beneath, but also the graceful attire of the Genoese women. " We have bid ferewell," said the Reverend Mr. Tor- rison, ** to Italian hospitality ; it is a virtue that belonga not to cities. At any rate, if there be such good soula in Genoa as to shelter religious pilgrims, I luiow them not; so I must be content to lodge you all with my friends Mr. and Mrs. Tea, and if you can get the top 6oor you will be quiet enough, lliey are modest and pious people." This plan was put into exeuution ; and in an hour LUia found herself perched at a giddy height overlooking the harbour, with the chained galley-slaves immediately beneath her. Here they were detained nearly a week, as the vessels did not leave the harbour till the first of September. Tlie respectful master of the house did not appea.* ; but his gentle young wife, who spoke English, brought her infimt and sat with them as often as she could spare time, seeming to delight in the repose she found in that suite of rooms, to the more stirring parts of the house. Hie magnificent Annunciata was their nearest, and constantly frequented church. There they first heard the popular "Tantem ergo" of Italy, which at that time seemed a holy oonfiision, in whidi no tune was ever to be distinguished, but which at lergth in the Roman churches, by dint of repetition, vindicated its claim to ^ ■n ancient air, and grew in their affection. Mr. Tenison took Lilia and Lucy to are the other churches and iaatL ^■■■■■■MHiiiiiliiiii iiMiiitritfiiiltitiiiifiiBil 84 nOMI AKD THB ADBBT. m tutions of the city, especiallj pointing out to them the ■cene of the active religious labours of Saint Catherine of Genoa. On the evening of the Ist of September our travellers entered the Ane vessel called the " Ercolano," and grato- fblly thanking the zealous pair, who had saved them every petty expense and annoyance from porters and boatmen, they bade farewell to Genoa by the same bright moon that had shone on the top glacier of the Simplon, but which now, sinking in the far west, only lasted to give its part- ing beams to the beautiful city, seen to its greatest efiect from the water. To the moon succeeded a starlight which left them nothing to regret — such a starlight as the younger ones of the party had never witnessed. Lilia drew near to the two Nuns, and found them repeating in a low voice, — " Htil, QnMn of Haarsn ! the oecan't Star, Ottlde of the wanderer here below ; Thrown on IlfB'i •urxe, we claim th]r eaia ; Save ai from peril and ttnm woe. MoUier of Chriit ! Star ol' U)e Sea, . * Pray tar the wanderei^— ptajr tot ma."* Lilia now sat in silence — a silence morefuU of «ijoy« Mient than the most eloquent expressions could have bestowed. She held in her hand the rosary cross sus- pended fh>m the girdle of the Religious by whom she sat — diat being whom she loved as much, though with more •we and mystery than she loved her brothers, and who at times seemed to possess the power of expelling from her memory the image of every creature but hersd£ IUb had arisen from the early halo cast around the d4n • Tmiwlatloa b/ the Bar. Dr. Lingnrd of th« " At* Maria Walla ' BOin AND TBI ABBXT l« relative, by the approval, the admiration, the imitation of that giflecl and prosperous being, by all those who surrounded and could itiluence the tender age of Lilia. Then had followed a particular notice of henel{| which had filled the heart of the neglected child with a devotion of gratitude and love so impetuous, that, when summoned from time to time to be the companion of the Recluso Lady of the Hall, Lilia would willingly leave for a week or more the studies and games of the Vicarage, to move silently through stately deserted rooms, conservatories, flower-gardens, where not a sound was heard ; and to gaze over a vast undulating park, where the deer seemed to gain courage from the silence 'around, and would often leave the sweeping branches ot the beech-tree?, and the tangled retreats of the copse-wood, to browse near the lawn, from which the park was divided only by a sunken fence. Had Lilia then been questioned w;hether she would not rather have had her brothers witb her, she TTOuld undoubtedly have answered " Yes :" but as the possibility had never occurred to her, she was as perfectly happy in her life at the Hall as in that of the Vicarage, and so easily passed from one contrasted life to the other that her identity could hardly have been recognise^. At the Vicarage, from its confined space, all was in social contact ; the Greek and Latin murmuring of the boys mingling with the sounds in an opposite direction of Ute music or dancing lessons of the girls, and nqt unfrequently of the nursery plaints or ditty ; while friendly visitors, parish business, and indigent suppliants, kept up the stir and hum of a beehive. \t the Hall it would have been more diflicult to d*soover how the numfcruus domesti<*i aiiiMi iiri jfifFMi^MliM fV ll < i M SOMB AlfD THX ABBKT. iuid retainers, and the wbole routine of life were conducted. Lil>eral charities were dispensed ; horses and carriages came to the entrance of the Hall or flower-garden, and were employed; repasts were served in the allotted apartments, and were eaten : all was in the most perfect order, the most finished taste, the most noble scale of household private government: and Uiis hidden silent working of a great machine contributed not a little to the mystery and respect with which Lilia was inspired by her visits to ' c Manor Hall. There had been great intervals between these visits. After the longest of these intervals, Lilia had not only to fe-enter her former mode of life, as companion to the Recluse Heiress^ but to acquire some new habits. She had then to kneel morning and evening by her widowed cousin in the privati? chapel — to join every week in the united prayers of the household for the repose of thesuul of a certain "Eustace de Grey,** whom Lilia but faintly remembered — ^to learn the Latin chaunts and litanies, and to listen to music of the Mass, sung with such touching emotion by the Recluse, that, young as she was, Lilia'a musical genius and feeling heart were moved to a sensi* bility she could not comprehend. Then came another pause in their intercourse. Lilia heard the unguarded speech, or the confidential whisper, and learned by degrees that the Lady of the Manor Hall, in whom were supposed to centre the two rival properties of the Carringtons and the De Greys, had left; her home to become a Nun ! — ^that her fiither had been privately married for years to a Spanish lady of high rank— that • «0D was bom tto the estate of Elverton — that the Abbey i i miir; i fTir ii rinrT|ij'pTitpirrmj''fty XOm Xm TBM ABBXT. •1 iuoted. rriage* in, and illottcd perfect iciile of I silent ittle to nspired k Tints, only to 1 to the s. She ridowed k in the [the auul faintly ies,and ouching LUia'a senn* LUia rliiaper, vHoll, Dpertiea home ivately —that a Abbey Ruin was henceforth to oontidn not only the chapel and priest's house, but also a convent of Sisters of Mercy, and to afford a religious shelter to the founder's widow as a humble Sister of the Order. It was at this period that Lilia was transferred from the governess to the tutor ; and being forbidden all inters course with a Catholic, who, though endurable as heiresa of the Manor, had proved herself extravagant mough to become a Nun, LUia only heard of her beloved cousin by accident or stealth, till, after asoertuning that aha had fulfilled her noviciate and taken the vows, and returned firom the Noviciate Convent -to the Abbey Ruin, Lilia heard no more. Thl-ee years of silence were then succeeded by the in* telligeno<^ that the awful superstition of the " Perpetual Adoration' was to be established in the Abbey Convent. After some months this rumour was negatived, and an audible whisper fell on Lilia's ear that Lady de Grey had removed from the convent — no one knew where, nor wherefore. And even now Lilia knew not " where nor wherefore ;" but, as she sat by her who had never instilled into her young mind and heart but principles of the loftiest, purest nature, and whose every action had hitherto proved that these pure and lofty principles were the guide of her life, LUia required no details nor explanati,nu ta trust, to sympatluze, to approve, to ardentiy wish suocesi to the present pUgrimage to Rome. The Reverend Mr. Terrison now drew near the little group, and seated hunself next to LUia, laying, ''Have you yet learned, Miss Lilia, to paint f "No," replied she : "Mr. Everard would not permit j^iBafJiri ff ■■ ROIII Aim THt ABBCr. me to paint until I could send him an original drawing without a fault of proportion or perspective. The lost drawing, however, did please him, and he said that after I should have bsen a few weeks in Rome, I was to request Reverend Mother to inquire for a master for me. But why. Reverend Sir, do you asltl" "Because," replied Mr. Terrison, "there are some fine effects of light and deep shadows, which the admirers of Salvator Rosa or of Rembrandt would lilte to store up m their memory. I mean those figures already seated at the empty supper-table, here on declc, with the lanterns glaring on part only of each head. Loolc ! what a fine effect is given to that Capuchin friar, and to the old man who is serving. Can you remember such effects ?" "I think I shall be able," said LUia, " for to-morrow morning I can make a memorandum of those lights and shadows with the black chalks I have in my travelling desk." "And a very good way," said Mr. Terrison. "It is the custom of the best artists to sketch off in this • chi- aro oscuro,' before hazarding the coloured picture." " But," added Lilia, « wUl you not like better. Sir, to secure the effect yourself? I can get you beautiful chalks and leather stumps to4U{^t, if I may go into the eabin with Lucy." " No, no," said Mr. Terrison, laughing ; « it is many years since I have done anything but criticise, which is easy enough." " Pray, Reverend Father," said Sister Agnes, " are we to sit at that long table, with all those strange men ?" " Yes," replied he ; " but I have arranged for you as 1 (tfd at Strasburgh, where they could not give u» a sep» sisiiai'tiaiw-r'i ^te iwfag e last after quest But some airera >reup leated iterns a fine I man orrow ts and esk." It is •chi- lir, to iutiful the kany lichia are lenT asl |aep» amm ^te taUe. We shall be at one end, you aiid your Rev- erend Mother will face each other, and a Kutuiui priest, whom I recognised on first comuig on boanl, will sit, like myself between the world ^d the cloister." After the supper, during which Lilia andJLucy, despite their hunger, took a few peeps along the table at the lights and shadows, the four female travellers retired to a square little cabin, where they said their night-prayers, and entered their respective berths to sleep or watch through a night of sunocating heat and constraint In the morning the vessel entered the port of Leghorn, waA the Religious were surprised to find that, although they h^ intended to remain all 'day in their cabin, they must encounter the&tigue and expense, Uke the rest of the passengers, of going in a boat to the quay, and of spending nearly the whole day in L^hom. l]his was at first a great winoyanoe. " We must resign ou;rselve8, however," said t}ie elder Beligioiis, "to v*at is ordered for us! There are churches, and perhaps this letter, given me by the |Eng- lish banker at Genoa, may prove useful to us. jt is od- jessed to the Rev. Father Glomi, a Monk of the same < nrder as his present Holiness Fope Gregory. I have also another itjtter to the same Religious, from our late kind friends, ll^r. and krs. pTea.!* " Yery well," said Mr. Terrison. « Jf the old >Ioi^ ttu) take care of you two Nuns all day, I shall be mudi ob%ed to him, for I have a great fancy to treat our tw« j;cung Seculars to a sigljt of Pisa." "Oh, the leaning tower of Pisa !" cried Lilia. W Smn ARD TBI ABBCT. petition of boatmen, Mr. Terrison got his little putjr skfely on sliore, aiid toolc thom to tlie liotel, wltero, at tlM bade of tlic ground-floor, the Reverend Father Gionii, the monlc of Camaldoli, had his temporary rooms. The letters were sent in to him, and, before it was supposed possible to have read them, the vivacious and afiectionate aid man entered, extending iiis open arms to them, in the long white habit of his Order. It was soon ascertained that the Rev. Mr. Terrison might set off by railroad with his two young companions to Pisa ; but fii-st they must all have break&st at Father GiomTs sole expense. Thifi treat was from his weeicly allowance sent to him during his absence from his mo- nastery : after which, witb all the eager attention and olear perception retained from his former career as a lawyer, he listened to the chief object of the elder Nun's pilp>inuige to Rome. The good old Monk took the most lively interest in her success, and spent the next two hours in writing letters for her to Rome, and in giving her a long private paper of instructions how to proceed, and whom to mterest, at the commencement of her labo- rious undertaking. Before the present dedication of him- self to God Father Giomi had been a husbuid and a fa- ther, and he took a still greater interest in the religious lady before him, from her reminding him of his only daughter, also a Religious, and Foundress, after many obstacles, of a religious institute in Genoa. After finidi ing all his writings, d^ring which he had exacted arigor- 0U8 silenoe. Father Giomi showed them a gift from His Hdiuesa of his own likeness in oameo ; and then, with the greatest simplicity, changed his ooul and scapolaf be> '■^%^: mauM AMD TH> inn. 91 eputj b,»tUie Gionii, H. The upposed . «tionate a, in the rerrison ipanions t Father I weeki/ his mo- tion and ser aa a it Nun's he most lext two n giving proceed, ler labo* k of him* indafa- religious lis only many erfinid) a rigor* romHis en, with Nilatbe* fcre them, and took them to see the prinoipil churdieii of Leghorn, and the then celebrated quarter of the Jews, who, from their restrictions elsewhere, were considered to live comparatively in a paradise in the free port o^ Leghorn. The winding up of Father Giomi's day of be> nevolenoe was, on the return of the trio from PUa, con* Hgning the four female travellers, with an effusion of tenderness, into the care of his dear friend Monsignor Lrcti, who that very evening, and by the same vessel, was returning from Leghorn by CSvita Vecchia to Rome. Monsignor accepted the special transfer of the two Beli* gious with the cordial benignity of his nature, and ever after proved that he had undertaken the charge in deed and in truth. He was, however, obliged to rejoin his own party, and our friends returned to the Ercolano as *hey came, in a little tossing boat which, from the in ' creased swell in the harbour, threatened now to dip un der the lai^ vessel, and now to leap on her deck. " Oh, this is worse than the Simplon 1" shrieked the three young ones. " I tell you what," cried Mr. Terrison, equally alarm- ed, *■ that if you young people all skip out directly we toudi the ladder, it is all over with Reverend Mother Ptads and myseli^we must inevitably dip into the wa- ter. Mary Agnes, I amaahamed of you ! We mustga out alternate sides." ** Go you out first, Sir," exclaimed Lucy : " you aiw too heavy for so small a boat" ** O, no ! do not go out first, Sir !" cried Sister Agnea^ ** you keep it steady." Sister Agnes was ri|^l : directly the Reverend Gei. '^ ^>. 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During that evening, their new friend Morsignor Lenti crossed oftentimes from his own party to converse '^•'th them, and on the following morning the two groups partially mingled, and our travellers became personally acquainted with the pious and charitable baroness Gri «oh, of whose good works they afterwards heard mul^h to Rome, and whose death, consistent with her life, took place a few months after. LiHa looked with interest at this, to her, first specimen of a Roman matron, and th^ sound fell pleasingly on her ear, when the fiaroness', in explaining that she had merely, with her husband and son, visited Leghorn, and was not a native of that place added with something of conscious dignity, "Sono lie! mana!" And now, behold them arrived in Civita Vecchia, and within the Papal States ! A few more hours, and our pilgrims will be in Rome. The last day's journey was • performed in company with a Franciscan Friar, who had eyed them with great good-will during the last two days and who reported himself to be Father Giacinto, oae ol the Confessors attached to Saint Jolm Lateran. " If you will come to that church," said he, « on any Friday, and inquire for me by my name at the sacristy, I shall be fetched to you ; and if I can be of any service you may command me.*' M they drew near to the great city, Father Giacinto ll^*^... KOm AMD TBI ABBZT. •I poinlud out to Mr. Terrison, who had not been there for some years, the progress of the re^rection of St. Paul's, which had been destroyed by fire, till Lilia, in her impa- tience to see the dome of St. Peter's, interrupted them, and the Friar promised to tell her the instant it could be discerned. In the meantime she amused herself with the lizards sporting on the scorched sand-banks of the road- side ; till, suddenly remembering all the deep and eiar- nest thoughts which must, during this last stage, be con- sentrated in the mind of her Religious Guardian, Lilia gently raised her veil, but as instantly di*opped it, and her little sentence of fond sympathy was postponed, for she felt that she could not interrupt the state of wrapt devotion which had rendered the Religious insensible to the details of the journey. " There ! Signorina," said the Friar at length, " there is our far-famed dome !" and Lilia, with an exclMnatioa of surprise, beheld in the distance, in truth a vast dome, and nothing more, as if in a desert of its own, reposing on the verdure. She felt disappointed, because she had expected to see Rome, or at any rate the temple of St. Peter's. " It is only in cons- -quence of its immense elevation," said Padre Giacinto, " that you see the dome at all fh>m this road : the entrance to Rome from Civita Vecchia is ihe least fiivourable. However, you will so &r be in- llemnified for entering Rome by the Borgo, that you will •otu^Uy pass the colonnades of St. Peter's." All this was fulfilled in another two hours ; and Lilu^ Lucy, and even Sister Agnes, loolced out of one window, (hen out of another, feeling strange sensations at beiqg ( l;i> BOMZ AND TBI AB8BT. in Borne, and actually passing St. Peter's ! Padre Oi«> olnto had now left them. ** Do you know where you are, Madam 1" said Mr. Terriscm to the ulent and immovable Religious beside him. " Perfectly," was the reply : " and if you can say Mass to-morrow, remember my necessities, and the great work to which I am called." <* I do hope to say Mass to-morrow morning," replied he, " and to say it here at the tomb of the Apostles. I am too uncertain of the time to propose your assLstiDg personally — ^but I never forget you." Hw Belifious rapliad, '*ThMiksbe toCMr* lonb, where with tuOng en 1 prayer Thoa dMt honour • lOiriDe of but dnit and of feiMi The ipirit end mhU an not theie. -Oo'. go, with the bine rault of Heaven Bbov«i To make thy eanw known to the fleint ; For there, fttni the rexioni of light end of lef% He will heuken, and inooour thy plainL" ** Not »o, for the Saint o'er theie boaea and Ote iH| E'ar hoven, hii aid tc beitow Oa tlie pilgrim who honoura hia raliea, la iiw^ Their Mwl will protect hiai below." OoB travellers had entered Rome on the 8rd of SeptaV ber, the month there dedicated to commemorate tL« most precious Blood of orr Lord. On the following morning, after a Mass and Communion of Thanksgiving at the nearest church, the two Religious and their young companions bi^an, in devout silence, their p: Vimage oa foot to St Peter's tomb. The Reverend Mr. Terrisoa had comnuinded that it should not be performed bar». foot, and obedience being better than sacrifice, they added no austerities to the fittigue of so long a walk fasting, and ab-eady exhausted by their journey. And now behold them crossing the vast piazza, be* tween the two fountains, and ascending in the centre the long but easy flight of steps to the portal. A beggar pushes aside the heavy leathern curtain, but obstnioti ROHB AND mi'XTitt^i. the way, clamorous for relief. The demand seems fa- opportune, but alms, prayer, and fasting are the united means to obtain mercy: the beggar is relieved— the pilgrims entei^— they kneel-— they fall prostrate— and from the breast of the elder gush< s forth at length the long pent-up emotions of years. She felt to be in a home where not only sympathy but help would be given her ; and after some instants of irrepressible sobs and tears, she arose, and drew near the tomb — again praying with more distinct knowledge of her several necessities, and a still firmer conviction that her prayer was heard, and, through the intercession of the Holy Apostles, would be answered. The younger Nun and the two girls, who had wit- nessed with gri^f and terror an emotion so unprece- dented, and so far beyond their intrusion, silently watched till the wonted calm of their Rieligious Friend and Guide should return in prayer, and then ventured to move round the tomb and high altar, considering the vast proportions of the cathedral, but not hazardinjf to leave their central position, as it was there the ap- pointment had been made with the Reverend Mr. Terri. son to join them. In a short time he appeared, and m good spirits, having been successful in his hopes of say. iflg Mass, and having finished his thanksgiving. He was accompanied by an intimate fl-iend, one of the Canons of St. Peter's ; and the two Priests now conducted the three younger visitants to the principal monuments and mo- wtos round the church. She who continued kneeling at the Apostle's tomb mt^nbyt alone, fa aotual solitude <^p