CHAPTER VII

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A DAY OF ENCOUNTERS.

"Can a prophet come out of Galilee?"--The unexpected happens--Under the probe--Wise reservation--Born to command--Contrasts--Nothing new under the sun--The senora prepares for the fair--Grievance not very deep seated--Bewitching appearance--Senora dramatic--Ernesto--Marriage a lottery--Every cloud its silver lining--Gerona _en fete_--Delormais' mission--Deceptive appearances--Evils of conscription--Ernesto's ambition--Les beaux jours de la vie--Rosalie--A fair picture--Strange similarity--Heavenwards--Anastasia or Rosalie--Her dreams and visions--Modern Paul and Virginia--Eternal possession--A Gerona saint--The better part--More heresy--Fenelon--One creed, one worship--Not peace but a sword--Not dead to the world--Angel of mercy--H. C. mistaken--Earthly idyll 99

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