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BETTINA. 155
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the kind-hearted grandmama felt disposed towards her young friendsshe sometimes found the frolicsome party too much for her
with nerves her , , and , to wo establish uld sen order d up . to th Bat em thi an s old was lad no y- easy cousin m , atter who . lived The
good lady was hardly allowed to speak ; they seated her in an armchairthe little Frenchman played a triumphant march , and , hon
_gre _, mal , gre _, supported in her commodious throne , the old lady found herself heading a procession which paraded her through house
and garden . Bettina was eighteen years of age , but she looked and was looked
upon asa child . With a short and undeveloped figure were combined irregular _^ featureswhile her raven hair and black eyes produced an
almost irresistible , charm . Timid bnatureniht and moonshine always had a peculiar influence y upon , her g . All things
around her seemed to teem with mysterious life , in the protection of which she confided .
Highly talented , she commenced everything , but persevered in nothing . She would jump upon chairs and tables , hide herself in a
corner , and walk by moonlight ; suddenly she would enter the room apparently lost in her own thoughts , and yet noticing all
around her . If any one happened to utter a wish for something , she would start up to fetch it ; and if called , would make her
appearance , however distant she might be . People called her the _HausJcobold ( hobgoblinbrownie _f ) and used to say that her proximity
acted like a , lightning conductor , in a constant state of positive electricity . Her brother Clemens entertained an enthusiastic admiration
for her mental capabilities , and tried his best to urge her to turn her talents to account . In one of his letters he had warned her not to
be familiar with people , and to refrain from reading his letters to every one as she had done to Violet . Bettina answered : —
deeds " Alone in at midni dreams ght , the I feel dawja clearl . overtakes y what I me ought then to do comes . I execute the day , great and ;
provide I start up my leasure full of for energy and few good of intentions fellow-beings ; , but who where happen and how to come shall in I
with my way a poor ? p This young you c Jewess some all extravagant , while my I wish ! You to be forbid on good me to terms hold these with intercourse claims every
j human canst ustifiable render being : ' to I and exist obj ? , ect I need around assistance me . Do , which you not thou recognise , my fellow-creature as ,
me ' " Propriety to Humanity and and Deportment True Love are two _IsTow stup do id not watchmen ain , th who at I barricade am not true the
way . say ag the foolishly to you whole , for warn world I am me true and not to am to you trust unable ; but to do to every not make ask one _anjr , me while other to belie I claim difference my fellowshi nature than . p with You that
which comes of , itself . LovehoweverI must inhale like the sweet odour heroes of a , ilower old and , and methinks irit I s , am and one loving of , a minds community hold where each other children in fond and
, young , sp , horizon embrace ! . Some * * late * _, roses * But glitter there throug , I see h , the the dusk evening ! Sig clouds ht , endow skirting me with the
immortality ! " * * * * Clemens lied , highly pleased with this effusion of his . sister ' s _^
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Bettina. 155
BETTINA . 155
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), May 1, 1859, page 155, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01051859/page/11/
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