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confirmed a Catholic , that she doubted not she had hidden herself , with her crucifix and beads , in some corner where she might hold her faith in peace . Her astonishment was therefore great when Liese appeared at the door of her apartment , with lips that quivered , and eyes that glistened with emotion .
Catherine was fully aware of the light in which her disregard of her vow might appear to those who loved her most , as well as to the world . She was too humble to rely on Liese ' s appreciation of her former self for welcome to her heart , and too proud to rush to an embrace which might be refused . They stood for some rrioments regarding each other in silence , while the colour mantled high on the cheek of each . Liese was the first to speak . 1
Catherine , we used to be sisters . Am I now , as then , welcome , whatever be my errand V * Welcome , . Liese ., whether you come to blame me or to renew our friendship . Love me first and hear me afterwards , and then , if you can , love me still . ' They could no longer resist the impulses which urged them to
be as formerly , even if it must be for the last time . They gazed , they embraced , they wept , and , for a few moments , all Christendom , its dissensions , and their causes were forgotten . At length Catherine asked if her friend was of the reformed party ,, or still a Catholic . Liese was at a loss to answer this plain question , which had never before been put to her by others or by herself .
c Speak out , ' said Catherine , observing her hesitation . * Remember it is not we reformers , but our enemies , who will have no friendship where there is difference of faith . You have nothing to fear from me if you tell me plainly that you think us possessed of Satan . ' Liese coloured proudly , while she explained that no fear ever prevented her declaring her opinions , and proceeded to explain that she had not embraced the doctrines of the reformers in all
their extent and in all their consequences ; and yet that she was such a Catholic as his Holiness would consign to excommunication . 4 What is it but a token of heresy to visit you , Catherine ? ' she replied . 4 Even to remonstrate , Liese . '
' I came to listen , possibly to learn , more than to remonstrate . So at least , my coming appears to me , now that I see you so little changed . You could not look so happy as you do if you had an evil conscience , nor so serene if Satan had deluded you . O tell me then why you broke your vow !'
Catherine ' s tale was a long one , and the arguments which followed still longer , as Liese was tempted on to do more than listen . In the midst of their most eager questions and replies , a summons arrived from the Abbess , who made use of Helena ' s epistolary accomplishments , to desire her dear daughter to return to her
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328 JLiie&e ; or , the Progress of Worshi p *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1832, page 328, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1812/page/40/
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