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S \\ e was awakened by the trampling of horses in the courtyard , and perceived immediately that the escort had arrived which was to conduct the members of the sisterhood to their various destinations , and that the gates of the convent were now thrown
open , never again to be closed . She hastened her preparations for departure , carefully securing her crucifix in her bosom , and hiding the new bible of Luther , which she intended to leave behind , in a corner where it could not easily be found . Helena , equipped for the journey , came presently to assist her .
• ¦ You carry your new bible in your bosom , ' said she , not seeing it in company with the breviary . Liese pointed with a smile to the place where she had concealed it . 6 Nay , but remember / said Helena , * that the delegate has orders to see-that none of us leave the convent without a copy of this book . Besides , it will prove your best passport every where .
This was true ; and as the family of relatives to whom Liese was going had embraced the reformed faith , she acknowledged that she should consult her own peace best by providing herself with what might otherwise be forced upon her . She also consented to be gone without delay , rather that she might avoid witnessing the further desecration of the place , than from any
sympathy in Helena ' s impatience . Having received the tearful benediction of the superior of the convent , and whispered something to the sisters about re-assembling in happier days , Liese and Helena mounted their horses , and , followed by their escort , took the road which led down the mountain , and wound through the champaign , which they must traverse on their way to Nuremberg .
It was long before Liese could at all reconcile herself to her new abode . In the various members of the family with whom she lived she found intelligent and amiable companions ; friends on whose goodness she could depend , and for whose kindness she was grateful , but whose religious sympathy she shunned . The more she became aware how superior they were to the convent community in understanding , and in all companionable qualities , the more she feared their gaining any influence over her , as they had embraced the reformed doctrines in the fullest extent in
which they had then been made known . Pitying the sensitive state of nerves in which Liese appeared to be , and respecting her isolated situation as to spiritual concerns , the family of the Hiisens treated her with a consideration which even her grateful soul was unable fully to appreciate , since she knew not how generally and how vehemently the reformers indulged in invective and railing satire against the church of which she remained a member . No such invective , no such ridicule
reached the ears of Liese ; and she , on her part , avoided giving offence , by abstaining altogether from the mention of religious subject * .
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Liese ,. or ; the Progrew of Worship . 150
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1832, page 159, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1808/page/15/
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