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herself , yet sighed much more as she thought how her impatience would be doubled a few hours hence , when she should hear a relation of all that had taken place . Laura turned suddenly round upon her . 4 Liese , how you sigh ! I am sure you are longing to go with us ' / It is very true , Laura . You must listen well , and tell me every thing when you come back . ' If you are lo hear all , Liese , how much better to hear it from himself !' ' Not so ; for I can trust to your passing over what I ought not to hear ; or , if you did not , I could stop you . But I could neither get out of the church nor stop the preacher . " * But we know what the preaching is to be about / persisted Laura . * It is the very subject on which you and we think alike / It might lead to others . No , Laura , I must not go . Do not persuade me against my conscience / ' I will not / said Laura , and she hastened away , leaving her cousin melancholy in her solitude .
When the door was closed behind them , Liese wandered from room to room , unable to settle her mind to any employment . The unusual quietness of the streets made her look out . Not a human being was visible , none of the hum of a city was to be heard , and the evening sun shone upon the gables and flung the shadows from the lofty houses , amidst a repose as complete as could invest a city of the dead . Liese was presently weary of the still lights and shadows , and longed for sound to dissipate her thoughts . She opened a music-book at one of Luther ' s hymns , and began to sing . This she did with unusual energy , because without fear of being heard , till startled by a knock at the gate . It was only Helena . Who else could it be ? for every Protestant in Nuremberg , that is , almost the entire population , was hearing or attempting to get within hearing of Martin Luther . O , Helena , I was never more glad to see you . But are you alone ?' 4 Yes . I knew there was no danger of meeting any one during service time . We two , Liese , are almost the only ones shut out from yonder church / c not let us think about that , Helena , it is dangerous . Do sing this hymn with me / ' One of Martin ' s , I hope . There are none like his . Yes : we will sing it , but not here . I do not know whether it is really very warm , or whether all I have heard to-day has put me into a fever , but I feel stifled in this room . Let us go to the arbour and sing there / Liese assented , observing that there would be abundance of time before the Husens returned , as the service would no doubt
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244 ' Liese ; or , the Progress of Worship .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1832, page 244, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1810/page/28/
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