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impossible to read the narrative without feeling that there must have been 

something   really   genuine   and   hearty   in   Mademoiselle   Gautier's   nature; 

and it is a gratifying proof of the honest integrity of her purpose to know 

that she persevered to the last in the life of humility and seclusion which 

her   conscience   had   convinced   her   was   the   best   life   that   she   could   lead。 

Persons who knew her in the Carmelite convent; report that she lived and 

died in it; preserving to the last; all the better part of the youthful liveliness 

of    her  character。     She     always    received     visitors   with    pleasure;    always 

talked to them with surprising cheerfulness; always assisted the poor; and 

always   willingly  wrote   letters   to   her   former   patrons   in   Paris   to   help   the 

interests   of   her   needy   friends。      Towards   the   end   of   her   life;   she   was 

afflicted with blindness; but she was a trouble to no one in consequence of 

this affliction;  for she  continued; in spite  of   it; to   clean her  own   cell;  to 

make   her   own   bed;  and   to   cook   her   own   food   just   as   usual。    One   little 

characteristic vanityharmless enough; surely?remained with her to the 

last。    She   never   forgot   her   own   handsome   face;   which   all。         Paris   had 

admired in the by…gone time; and she contrived to get a dispensation from 

the   Pope   which   allowed   her   to   receive   visitors   in   the   convent   parlour 



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without a veil。 



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