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what they were!three arrant coquettes。 ̄ 

    ^Je   les   connais� 院  �exclaimed   M。   Pelet。   ^Elles   sont   toujours   au 

premier   rang   a   l¨└glise   et   ┐   la   promenade�察  �une   blonde   superbe�察�

une jolie espi┬gle�察�une belle brune。 ̄ 

    ^Exactly。 ̄ 

    ^Lovely creatures all   of  them!heads   for  artists�察  �what a   group 

they   would   make�察  �taken   together�   �Eulalie   ��I   know   their   names���察�

with her smooth braided hair and calm ivory brow。 Hortense�察�with 

her rich chesnut locks so luxuriantly knotted�察�plaited�察�twisted�察�as if 

she did not know how to dispose of all their abundance�察�with her 

vermilion      lips�察 �damask      cheek�察   �and   roguish     laughing     eye。  And 

Caroline   de   Bl└mont�   �Ah�察  �there   is   beauty�   �beauty   in   perfection。 

What      a  cloud   of  sable    curls   about    the  face   of  a  houri�    �What 

fascinating lips� �What glorious black eyes� �Your Byron would have 

worshipped   her�察  �and   you!you   cold�察  �frigid   islander� �you   played 

the    austere�察  �the   insensible   in   the   presence     of  an  Aphrodite      so 



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exquisite�拭院�

    I   might    have     laughed     at  the    director¨s    enthusiasm       had    I 

believed      it  real�察 �but   there    was    something      in   his  tone    which 

indicated   got´up   raptures。   I   felt   he   was   only   affecting   fervour   in 

order to put me off my guard�察�to induce me to come out in return�察�

so I scarcely even smiled。 He went on�此� 

    ^Confess�察     �William�察    �do  not    the  mere     good    looks   of   Zoraide 

Reuter   appear   dowdyish   and          commonplace         compared      with   the 

splendid charms of some of her pupils�拭院�

    The   question   discomposed   me�察  �but   I   now   felt   plainly   that   my 

principal was endeavouring ��for reasons best known to himself!at 

that time   I   could   not  fathom   them��  to  excite   ideas and   wishes in 

my mind alien to what was right and honourable。 The iniquity of 

the instigation proved its antidote�察�and when he further added�此� 

    ^Each      of  those   three    beautiful    girls   will  have    a   handsome 

fortune�察    �and    with   a  little  address�察   �a   gentlemanlike�察      �intelligent 

young   fellow   like   you   might   make   himself   master   of   the        hand�察�

heart�察�and purse of any one of the trio。 ̄ 

    I   replied   by   a  look   and   an   interrogative     ^Monsieur�拭院      �which 

startled him。 

    He    laughed   a    forced   laugh�察   �affirmed     that   he  had   only   been 

joking�察�and demanded whether I could possibly have thought him 

in earnest。 Just then the bell rang�察�the play´hour was over�察�it was 

an   evening   on   which   M。   Pelet   was   accustomed   to   read   passages 

from the drama and the belles lettres to his pupils。 He did not wait 

for   my   answer�察  �but   rising�察  �left   the   room�察  �humming   as   he   went 

some gay strain of B└ranger¨s。 



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                                Chapter XII 



           aily�察  �as  I   continued   my   attendance       at   the  seminary   of 

           Mdlle   Reuter�察  �did   I   find   fresh   occasions   to   compare   the 

D 

           ideal with the real。 What had I known of female character 

previously to my arrival at Brussels�拭�Precious little。 And what was 

my   notion   of   it�拭  �Something   vague�察  �slight�察  �gauzy�察  �glittering�察  �now 

when      I  came    in  contact    with    it  I  found   it  to  be   a  palpable 

substance      enough�察    �very   hard    too  sometimes�察     �and    often   heavy�察�

there was metal in it�察�both lead and iron。 

    Let the idealists�察�the dreamers about earthly angel and human 

flowers�察�just look here while I open my portfolio and show them a 

sketch or two�察�pencilled after nature。 I took these sketches in the 

second´class   schoolroom   of   Mdlle   Reuter¨s   establishment�察  �where 

about   a   hundred   specimens   of   the   genus   ^jeune   fille ̄   collected 

together�察    �offered    a  fertile   variety   of  subject。    A   miscellaneous 

assortment they were�察�differing both in caste and country�察�as I sat 

on   my   estrade   and   glanced   over   the   long   range   of   desks�察  �I   had 

under my eye French�察�English�察�Belgians�察�Austrians�察�and Prussians。 

The majority belonged to the class bourgeois�察�but there were many 

countesses�察     �there    were   the   daughters      of  two   generals     and   of 

several colonels�察�captains�察�and government employ└s�察�these ladies 

sat side by side with young females destined to be demoiselles de 

magasins�察  �and   with   some   Flamandes�察  �genuine   aborigines   of   the 

country。   In   dress   all   were   nearly   similar�察  �and   in   manners   there 

was   small   difference�察  �exceptions   there   were   to   the   general   rule�察�

but the majority gave the tone to the establishment�察�and that tone 

was   rough�察  �boisterous�察  �masked   by   a   point´blank   disregard   of   all 



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forbearance towards each other or their teachers�察�an eager pursuit 

by   each   individual   of   her   own   interest   and   convenience�察  �and   a 

coarse   indifference   to   the   interest  and   convenience   of   every   one 

else。    Most    of  them    could    lie  with   audacity     when    it  appeared 

advantageous   to   do   so。   All     understood      the  art   of  speaking   fair 

when a point was to be gained�察�and could with consummate skill 

and at a moment¨s notice turn the cold shoulder the instant civility 

ceased to be profitable。 Very little open quarrelling ever took place 

amongst   them�察  �but   backbiting   and         tale´bearing   were      universal。 

Close friendships were forbidden by the rules of the school�察�and no 

one girl seemed to cultivate more regard for another than was just 

necessary to secure a companion when solitude would have been 

irksome。 They were each and all supposed to have been reared in 

utter unconsciousness of vice。 The precautions used to keep them 

ignorant�察�if not innocent�察�were innumerable。 How was it�察�then�察�that 

scarcely   one     of  those   girls  having   attained      the  age   of  fourteen 

could look a man in the face with modesty and propriety�拭�An air of 

bold�察�impudent flirtation�察�or a loose�察�silly leer�察�was sure to answer 

the most ordinary glance from a masculine eye。 I know nothing of 

the arcana of the Roman Catholic religion�察�and I am not a bigot in 

matters      of  theology�察   �but   I  suspect    the   root  of  this   precocious 

impurity�察�so obvious�察�so general in Popish countries�察�is to be found 

in   the   discipline�察  �if   not   the   doctrines   of   the   Church   of   Rome。   I 

record   what  I   have   seen�此 �these   girls   belonged   to   what   are   called 

the    respectable      ranks    of  society�察  �they    had   all  been     carefully 

brought up�察�yet was the mass of them mentally depraved。 So much 

for the general view�此�now for one or two selected specimens。 

    The   first   picture   is   a   full   length   of   Aurelia   Koslow�察  �a   German 

fraulein�察�or rather a half´breed between German and Russian。 She 



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