a passage to her heated breath, for her bosom heaved violently, as thought youth and life had accelerated the pulsations of her , and made her blood boil in her veins. Finally, the burning cheeks of Adrienne betrayed a species of , timid and passionate, chaste and sensual, the expression of which was ineffably touching. An affecting spectacle indeed is that of a young maiden, whose modest brow with the first of a secret wordnetdesire. Does not the Creator of all animate the body as well as the , with a spark of divine energy? Should He not be religiously glorified in the intellect as in the senses, with which He has so paternally endowed His creatures? They are impious blasphemers who seek to stifle the celestial senses, instead of guiding and harmonizing them in their divine flight. Suddenly, Mdlle. de Cardoville started, raised her head, opened her eyes as if awakening from a wordnetdesire, withdrew abruptly from the sculptures, and walked several times up and down the room in an agitated manner, pressing her burning hands to her forehead. Then, falling, as it were, exhausted on her seat, her tears flowed in abundance. The most bitter was visible in her features, which revealed the fatal struggle that was passing within her. By degrees, her tears ceased. To this