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EUGENIE DE GUJSRIN. 105
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grief supporting consolations , under to the of the heaven death soul . of ; Oh for Maurice ! there I feel , , my are I see beloved none , I know like brother it those niysel , so — _^ close none under to so this my good heart heavy , so .
pray In His a loss former for is me irreparable time now you ; pray spoke ; it for has to Maurice made me of , a prayer as void I prayed to , and me I , for which did Marie pray God , for and onl you y as can . I Oh still fill . !
pray , for I have not forgotten her . ments u My of greatest faith expressed consolation in I his find prayers in his p , ious and death in his , in reception the primitive of the senti last
because sacraments of , in his friendshi ardent and and last the kiss Christian of the interest crucifix which . I tell follows you this the , soul sir , into another your life . Let us p , hope—let us hoj ) e that all is well with our dear
have Maurice surel ! His love was for such Maurice a noble and soul ! His Oh , Heaven God , who for his is love irit itself . If , will raise any monument y to him , sir , , which open touches me much , pray sp point out you the
in signs the of notice faith b —pure Madame and Catholic Sandand faith ives —in one which much he pain died . . It This is true is wanting she did not know my broth y er , and has , only traced g scattered traits of him . But you if lease
from all , his the friends Christian who imag have e known the philosop him , hic do better and irreli ; and gious disperse shade , . May you p it not , be that , sir thi , s in funeral the Universiie tribute Oatholi ? que We , of shall which be you much are touched one of in the seeing editors it ,
and shall offeras a famil appears y , our tribute of profound gratitude to you , " Madame de , Guerin ( the widow Thebaide ) will des be , I am sure full , of moved Maurice by such whom a
tribute she mourn . Send s for always her , sir . , the You " are right in thinking Greves indeed th " at the woman lovelcreatur he , chose
¦ was likely to be a distinguished woman . She is , , a y e , East in beauty to enjoy , in qualifications a Paradise , for and a goodness short time —a . charming Death separated Eve , come them from after the India
broug sam eight e house ht months up at where . Calcutta There I have remain , and seen sent s her no to child happy Paris . three This for young years I have ago woman tol . d She you is is so from still I was in the at ,
the marriage . I stayed eight * months with ; him , , and we returned , here in the after month but she of writes July last to , us with . I Maurice do not d doubt ying . sir His th poor at widow book left and us _soon visit your
will be , very agreeable to her . You will , find , this dear sister , Hue de Cherche-Midi , 36 .
" And now let me embrace your dear little Marie , the child whom . Maurice has kissed and caressed in her cradle and on her mother ' s knees . Alas ! alas ! how mourning has ensued . ! The depths of life are dark and
sad " , Adieu but God , sir makes . Once them again so but , that receiv which we e have may the assur look not ance up towards of sentiments heaven . which , of
necessity , have been silent , changed . " Going back to the Journal , the sad entries which follow show a
state of niind struggling intensely with sorrow . Perhaps we may wish these had not been so numerous—and indeed the great want
of the book is more of those letters to her friends of wMeh we are told numbers remain , and which either preceded the fatal blow , or
followed it at a time when her mind had recovered its tone . For it didevidentlyrecover considerably . The noble soul sprang up
, , again and found , work to do , much even for Maurice—for she was quite unacquainted till then with many of his best papers , and to
1839 * This then must went be to a _Severs mistake . . We She have stayed iven from this November from the , Journal 1838 , to . April , g
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Eugenie De Gujsrin. 105
_EUGENIE DE _GUJSRIN . 105
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), April 1, 1863, page 105, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01041863/page/33/
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