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"When I stole these furtive glances at my grandmother, half fearing that they were wrong, I saw only a calm lake, whose shores were low, and over which the sun hung unbroken, so that the least star was clearly reflected. It had an atmosphere of solemn twilight tranquillity, and so completely did its unruffled surface blend with the cloudless, star studded sky, that, when I looked through my spectacles at my grandmother, the vision seemed to me all heaven and stars. WHEN I STOLE THESE FURTIVE GLANCES AT MY GRANDMOTHER HALF FEARING THAT THEY WERE WRONG I SAW ONLY A CALM LAKE WHOSE SHORES WERE LOW AND OVER WHICH THE SUN HUNG UNBROKEN SO THAT THE LEAST STAR WAS CLEARLY REFLECTED IT HAD AN ATMOSPHERE OF SOLEMN TWILIGHT TRANQUILLITY AND SO COMPLETELY DID ITS UNRUFFLED SURFACE BLEND WITH THE CLOUDLESS STAR STUDDED SKY THAT WHEN I LOOKED THROUGH MY SPECTACLES AT MY GRANDMOTHER THE VISION SEEMED TO ME ALL HEAVEN AND STARS
ty. Upon the tranquil little islands her life had been eventless, and all the fine possibilities of her nature were like flowers that never bloomed. Placid were all her years; yet I have read of no heroine, of no woman great in sudden crises, that it did not seem to me she might have been. The wife and widow of a man who loved his home better than the homes of others, I have yet heard of no queen, no belle, no imperial beauty whom in grace, and brilliancy, and persuasive courtesy, she might not have surpassed. "Madam," said Titbottom to my wife, whose heart hung upon his story; "your husband's young friend, Aurelia, wears sometimes a camelia in her hair, and no diamond in the ball-room seems so costly as that perfect flower, which women envy, and for whose least and withered petal men sigh; yet, in the tropical solitudes of Brazil, how many a camelia bud drops from the bush that no eye has ever seen, which, had it flowered and been noticed, would have gilded all hearts with its memory.  NOT HER RARE AND PENSIVE BEAUTY UPON THE TRANQUIL LITTLE ISLANDS HER LIFE HAD BEEN EVENTLESS AND ALL THE FINE POSSIBILITIES OF HER NATURE WERE LIKE FLOWERS THAT NEVER BLOOMED PLACID WERE ALL HER YEARS YET I HAVE READ OF NO HEROINE OF NO WOMAN GREAT IN SUDDEN CRISES THAT IT DID NOT SEEM TO ME SHE MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE WIFE AND WIDOW OF A MAN WHO LOVED HIS HOME BETTER THAN THE HOMES OF OTHERS I HAVE YET HEARD OF NO QUEEN NO BELL NO IMPERIAL BEAUTY WHOM IN GRACE AND BRILLIANCY AND PERSUASIVE COURTESY SHE MIGHT NOT HAVE SURPASSED MADAM SAID TIT BOTTOM TO MY WIFE WHOSE HEART HUNG UPON HIS STORY YOUR HUSBAND'S YOUNG FRIEND AURELIA WEARS SOMETIMES A CAMELLIA IN HER HAIR AND NO DIAMOND IN THE BALL ROOM SEEMS SO COSTLY AS THAT PERFECT FLOWER WHICH WOMEN ENVY AND FOR WHOSE LEAST AND WITHERED PETAL MEN SIGH YET IN THE TROPICAL SOLITUDES OF BRAZIL HOW MANY A CAMELLIA BUD DROPS FROM THE BUSH THAT NO EYE HAS EVER SEEN WHICH HAD IT FLOWERED AND BEEN NOTICED WOULD HAVE GILDED ALL HEARTS WITH ITS MEMORY
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