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pieces     into   my   purse!then        I  took   a  turn   through     my    narrow 

chamber。 

    ^Mdlle   Reuter   talked   about   her   poverty�察院  �said   I�察   �and   she   is 

poor�察�yet she pays her debts and more。 I have not yet given her a 

quarter¨s lessons�察�and she has sent me a quarter¨s due。 I wonder of 

what she deprived herself to scrape together the twenty francs!I 

wonder what sort of a place she has to live in�察�and what sort of a 

woman her aunt is�察�and whether she is likely to get employment to 

supply   the   place   she   has   lost。   No   doubt   she   will   have   to   trudge 

about   long   enough   from   school         to   school�察  �to   inquire   here�察  �and 

apply there!be rejected in this place�察�disappointed in that。 Many 

an   evening   she¨ll   go   to   her   bed   tired   and   unsuccessful。   And   the 

directress   would   not   let   her   in   to   bid   me   good´bye�拭  �I   might   not 

have     the   chance     of  standing     with   her   for  a   few   minutes     at  a 

window   in      the   schoolroom   and       exchanging   some        half´dozen     of 

sentences!getting   to   know   where   she   lived!putting   matters   in 

train   for   having  all   things   arranged   to   my   mind�拭  �No   address   on 

the note ̄!I continued�察�drawing it again from the pocket´book and 



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examining it on each side of the two leaves�此 �women are women�察�

that    is   certain�察   �and    always    do    business     like   women�察     �men 

mechanically   put   a   date   and      address     to  their  communications。 

And     these   five´franc    pieces�拭院���I      hauled     them    forth   from    my 

purse��!^if she had offered me them herself instead of tying them 

up   with   a   thread   of   green   silk   in   a   kind   of   Lilliputian   packet�察  �I 

could have thrust them back into her little hand�察�and shut up the 

small�察�taper fingers over them!so!and compelled her shame�察�her 

pride�察�her shyness�察�all to yield to a   little   bit  of  determined Will! 

now where is she�拭�How can I get at her�拭院�

    Opening my chamber door I walked down into the kitchen。 

    ^Who   brought   the   packet   �拭院  �I   asked   of   the   servant   who   had 

delivered it to me。 

    ^Un petit commissionaire�察�monsieur。 ̄ 

    ^Did he say anything�拭院�

    ^Rien。 ̄ 

    And I wended my way up the back´stairs�察�wondrously the wiser 

for my inquiries。 

    ^No  matter�察院  �said   I   to   myself�察  �as   I   again   closed   the   door。   ^No 

matter!I¨ll seek her through Brussels。 ̄ 

    And I did。 I sought her day by day whenever I had a moment¨s 

leisure�察  �for   four   weeks�察  �I   sought   her   on   Sundays   all   day   long�察  �I 

sought   her   on   the   Boulevards�察  �in   the   All└e   Verte�察  �in   the   Park�察  �I 

sought her in Ste。 Gudule and St。 Jacques�察�I sought her in the two 

Protestant chapels�察�I attended these latter at the German�察�French�察�

and English services�察�not doubting that I should meet her at one of 

them。 All my researches were absolutely fruitless�察�my security on 

the   last   point   was   proved   by   the   event   to   be   equally   groundless 

with my other calculations。 I stood at the door of each chapel after 



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the    service�察   �and    waited     till  every   individual     had    come     out�察�

scrutinizing   every   gown   draping   a   slender   form�察  �peering   under 

every bonnet covering a young head。 In vain�察�I saw girlish figures 

pass  me�察�drawing  their  black   scarfs   over  their  sloping  shoulders�察�

but none of them had the exact turn and air of Mdlle Henri¨s�察�I saw 

pale and thoughtful faces ^encadr└es ̄ in bands of brown hair�察�but 

I   never    found    her   forehead�察    �her   eyes�察  �her   eyebrows。      All   the 

features of all the faces I met seemed frittered away�察�because my 

eye failed to recognize the peculiarities it was bent upon�察�an ample 

space of brow and a large�察�dark�察  �and  serious   eye�察  �with  a   fine but 

decided line of eyebrow traced above。 

    ^She  has   probably  left   Brussels!perhaps   is   gone   to   England�察�

as she said she would�察院�muttered I inwardly�察�as on the afternoon of 

the    fourth   Sunday�察    �I  turned    from    the  door   of   the  chapel´royal 

which the door´keeper had just closed and locked�察�and followed in 

the    wake    of  the   last  of   the  congregation�察      �now    dispersed     and 

dispersing   over   the   square。   I   had   soon   outwalked   the   couples   of 

English gentlemen and ladies。 ��Gracious goodness� �why don¨t they 

dress better�拭�My eye is yet filled with visions of the high´flounced�察�

slovenly�察�and tumbled dresses in costly silk and satin�察�of the large 

unbecoming         collars   in  expensive     lace�察  �of  the   ill´cut  coats   and 

strangely      fashioned      pantaloons      which     every    Sunday�察     �at   the 

English  service�察  �filled   the   choirs   of  the   chapel´royal�察  �and   after   it�察�

issuing forth into the square�察�came into disadvantageous contrast 

with freshly and trimly attired foreign figures�察�hastening to attend 

salut at the church of Coburg。�� I had passed these pairs of Britons�察�

and the groups of pretty British children�察�and the British footmen 

and   waiting´maids�察  �I   had   crossed   the   Place   Royale�察  �and   got   into 

the Rue Royale�察�thence I had diverged into the Rue de Louvain! 



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an   old   and   quiet   street。   I   remember   that�察  �feeling  a   little   hungry�察�

and   not   desiring   to   go   back   and   take   my   share   of   the   ^gouter�察院�

now on the refectory´table at Pelet¨s!to wit�察�pistolets and water! 

I stepped into a baker¨s and refreshed myself on a couc�┌殖�!it is a 

Flemish word�察�I don¨t know how to spell it!┐ Corinthe´anglice�察�a 

currant bun!and a cup of coffee�察�and then I strolled on towards 

the Porte de Louvain。 Very soon I was out of the city�察�and slowly 

mounting the hill�察�which ascends from the gate�察�I took my time�察�for 

the   afternoon�察  �though   cloudy�察  �was   very   sultry�察  �and   not   a   breeze 

stirred to refresh the atmosphere。 No inhabitant of Brussels need 

wander far to search for solitude�察�let him but move   half a   league 

from his own city and he will find her brooding still and blank over 

the wide fields�察�so drear though so fertile�察�spread out treeless and 

trackless round the capital of Brabant。 Having gained the summit 

of the hill�察�and having stood and looked long over the cultured but 

lifeless campaign�察�I felt a wish to quit the high road�察�which I had 

hitherto   followed�察  �and   get   in   among   those   tilled   grounds!fertile 

as the beds of a Brobdignagian kitchen´garden!spreading far and 

wide   even   to   the   boundaries   of   the   horizon�察  �where�察  �from   a   dusk 

green�察�distance changed them to a sullen blue�察�and confused their 

tints    with     those    of   the    livid   and     thunderous´looking          sky。 

Accordingly I turned up a by´path to the right�察�I had not followed 

it   far   ere  it   brought  me�察   �as  I  expected�察    �into  the   fields�察 �amidst 

which�察    �just   before    me�察   �stretched     a  long   and    lofty  white    wall 

enclosing�察     �as  it  seemed     from    the  foliage    showing     above�察   �some 

thickly   planted   nursery   of   yew   and   cypress�察  �for   of 

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