2 ELECTIVE AFFINITIES. TBAS3LATED FROM TSB QBBMAK OF SOETHB, CHAPTER V. -LETTER OF THE LADY SUPERIOR. “Your ladyship will forgive the brevity of my present letter. The public exami nations are bat just concluded, and I have to communicate to all the parents and guardians the progress which our pupils havtTtoadellaring the past year. To you' I may well be brief, having to say much in few words. Your ladyship’s daughter has proved herself first in every sense of the word. The testimonials which I in close, and her. own letter, in which she will detail to you the prizes which she has won, and the happiness which she feels in her success, will surely please, and I hope delight you. For myself, it is the less necessary that I should say much, be cause I see that there will soon be no more occ-ision to keep with us a young lady so far advanced. I send my respects to your ladyship, and in a short time I shall take the liberty of offering you my opinion as to what in future may be of most advantage to her. “My good assistant will tell you about Oitilie.” LETTER OP THE ASSISTANT. “Oar reverend superior leaves it to me to write to you of Oitilie, partly because, with her ways of thinking about it, it would be painful to her to say what has to be said ; partly, because she herself re quires some excusing, which she would rather have done for her by me. “Knowing, as I did too well, how little able the good Oitilie was to show out what lies in her, and what she is capable of, I was ail along afraid of this public examination. I was the more uneasy, as it was to be of a kind which does not ad mit of any especial preparation;and even if it bad been conducted as usual, Ottilie never can be prepared to mike a display. The result has only too justified my an xiety. She has gained no prize; she is not even amongst those whose names have been mentioned approbation. I need not go Into details. In writing, the letters of the other girls were not so well formed, the strokes were far more free. In arithmetic, they were all quick er than she; and in the more difficult problems, which she does best, there was no examination. In French, she was out shone and outtalked by many ; and in history she was not ready with her names and dates. In geography, there was a want of attention to the public divisions; and for what she could do in music there was neither time nor quiet enough for her few modest melodies to gain her attop tion. In drawing she certainly would have gained the prize; her outlines were clear, aod the execution mist careful and full of spirit; unhappily, she had chosen too large a subject, and it was incom plete. “After the pupils were dismissed, the ! examiners consulted together, and we teachers were partially admitted into the council. I very soon observed that of Ot tilie either nothin.? would be said at all, or if her name was mentioned, it would be with indifference, if not disapproval. I hoped to obtain some favor for her by a candid description of what she was, an d 1 ventured it with the greatest earnest ness, partly because I was only speaking my real convictions, and pirlly because I remembered in my own younger years finding myself in the same unfortunate case. I was listened to with attention, but as soon.as I had ended, the presiding examiner said to me very kindly but la conically, ‘We presume cipabilities : they are to be converted into accomplishments. This is Hie aim of all education. It is what is distinctly intended by all who have the care ot children, and silently and distinctly by the children themselves. This also is the object of examinations, where teachers and pupils are alike stand ing their trial. From what we learn of you, we may entertain good hopes of the young lady, and it is to your own credit also that you have paid so much atten tion to your pupils’ capabilities. If in the coming year you can develop these into accomplishments, neither yourself nor your pupil shall fail to receive your due praise.’ “I had made up my mind to what must follow upon all this; but there was some thing worse that I bad not anticipated, j which had soon to be added to it. Our ! good superior, who like a trusty shep herdess could not bear to have one of her flock lost, or, as was the case here, to see it undistinguished, after the examiners were gone could ’.not contain her dis pleasuse, and said to Ottilfe, who was standing quite quietly by the] window, while the othersf- were exulting over their prizes, ‘Tell me, tbr heaven's sake, how can a person look so stupid if she is not so?’ Oltilie replied, quite calmly, ‘Forgive me, my dear mother, I haye ray headache again to day, and it is very painful.’ Kind and sympathizing as she generally is, the Superior this time answered, *Nb me can believe that,’ and turned angrily away. “Now it is true —no me can believe it —for Oltilie never alters the expression of her countenance. I have never even seen her move her band to her head when she has been asleep. “Nor was this all. Your ladyship’s daughter, who is at all times sufficiently lively and impetuous, after her triumphs A Novel. PART I. to-day was oversowing with the Violence of her spirits. She ran from room t) room with her prizes and testimonials, and shook them in Ottilia’s face. ‘You have come badly off Ibis morning,’ she cried. Ottllie replied Jn her calm, quiet way, ‘This is not the last day of trial,*— ‘But you will always remain the last,* cri ed the other, and ran away, ‘•No one but myself saw that Ottllie was disturbed. She has a way when she experiences any sharp unpleasant emo tion which she wishes to resist, of show ing it in the unequal color of her face ; the left cheek becomes for a moment flashed, while the right tarns pile. I per- and I could not pre vent myself from saying something. I took our Superior aside, and spoke seri ously to her about it. The excellent la dy acknowledged that she had been wrong. We considered the whole affair ; we talked it over at great length togeth er, and not to weary your ladyship, I will tell you at once the desire with which we concluded, namely, that you wilt for a while have Otilie with yourself. Our rea sons you will yourself readily perceive. If you consent, f will say more to you on the manner in which she. should be treat ed. The young lady yonr daughter we may expect will soon leave up, and we shall then with pleasure welcome Ottllie back to us. “One thing more, which another lime I might forget to mention ; I have never seen Ottiiie eager for anything, nr at least ask pressingly for anything. But there have been occasions, however rare, when , on the other hand she has wished to de cline things which have been pressed upon her, and she does it with a gesture which to those who have caught its mean ing is irresistible. She raises her hands, presses the palms together, and draws them against her breast, leaning her body a little forward at the same time, and turns such a look upon the person who is urging her, that he will be glad enough to cease to ask or wish fo; any thing of her. If your ladyship ever sees this attitude, as with your treatment of her it is not likely that you will, think of me, and spare Ottilie.” Edward read these letters aloud, not without smiles and shakes of the bead. Naturally, too, there were observations made on the persons and on the position of the affair. “Enough !” Edward cried at last, “it is decided. She comes. You, ray love, are provided for, and now we can get forward with our work. It is becoming highly necessary for me to move over to the right wing to the Captain ; evenings and morn ings are the time for us best to work to gether, and then you. on your side, will have admirable room for yourself and Oi tilie.” Charlotte made no objection, and Ed* ward sketched but the method in which they should live. Among; other things, he cried, “It is really very polite in this niece to be subject to a slight pain on the left side of her head. I have it frequent ly on the right. If we happen to be,af flicted together, and sit opposite one an other —I leaning on my right elbow, and she ou her left, and our heads on the op posite sides, resting on our hands—what a pretty pair of pictures wo shall make.” The Captain thought that might be daogeaous. “No, no !” cried out Edward. “Only do you, my dear friend, lake cars of the D, for what will become of B, if poor C is taken away from it?” “That, I should have thought, would have been evident enough,” replied Char lotte. “And it is. indeed,” cried Edward; “he would turn to his A, to his Alpha and Omega,” and he sprung up and taking Charlotte in his arms, pressed her to his breast. CHAP TEH VI The carriage which brought Otlilie drove up to the door. Charlotte went out to receive her. The dear girl ran to meet her, threw herself at her feet, and em braced her knees. “Why such humility ?’’ said Charlotte, a little embarrassed, and endeavoring to raise her from the ground. “It is not meant for humility,” Otlilie answered, without moving from the posi tion in which she had placed herself; “I am only thinking of the time when I could not reach higher than your knee**, mid when I luff just learnt to know how you loved me.” She stood up. and Charlotte embraced her warmly. She was introduce'! to the gentlemen, and was at once treated with especial courtesv as a visitor. Beauty is a welcome guest everywhere. She appeared attentive to the conversation, without taking part in it. The next morning Edward said to Char- lotte, “What an agreeable, entertaining girl she is !” "Entertaining!” answerd Charlotte, with a smile; "why, she has not ■ pened her lips yet.” “Indeed !” said Edward, as he seemed to bethink himself; "that is very strange.” Charlotte had given the new comer but a very tew bints on the management of the household. Oltilie saw rapidly all the arrangements, ar.d what was more, she felt them. She comprehended easily what was lo be provided for the whole party, and what for each particular mem ber of it Everything was done with the utmost punctuality ; she knew how to di rect, without appearing to be giving or ders, and when any one had left anything undone, she at once set it right herself. As soon as she bad found how much the RADicilifc 18?3 - time she woo Id have to spare, she Charlotte to divide her hoars for her, asd to these she adhered exactly. She wort ed at what waa set before her in thewr*y which the Assistant had descried to. Charlotte. They let hef alone. Xt was but seldom that Charlotte • interfered. Sometimes she changed her pens fojf oth ers which had been written with, but these, she found, would soon be cut aharp and fine again. The ladies had agreed with one another when they were alone to speak nothing but French, and Charlotte persisted in it the more* as sfi£ fonpcf Ottllle more ready to talk in' foreign language, when she was told it was her to it, Iq jhis way she often said more ; J than she seemed to intend. Charlotte was particularly pleased with a description, most at the same charming and«>amiable, which she >gave her one day, by accident, of the school. She felt her to be a delightfnl companion, and before long she hoped; to find in her an attached friend. At the same time she looked over again the more early accounts which had been sent her of Ottilie, to refresh her recol lection with the opinion which the Su perior and the Assistant had formed about her, and compare them with bej in her own person. For Charlotte was of opin ion that we cannot too quickly become acquainted with those with whom we have to live, that we may know what to expect of them; what we may hope to do in the way of improvement with them, and what we must make up our xMnds, one for ail. to tolerate and let alone. This examination led her to nothing new, indeed; bat much which she already knew become «>t greater meaning and im portance. Ottilie’i* moderation in eating sod dritking, for instance, became a real distress to her. The next thing on which the ladies were employed was Ottilie's toilet. Char lotte wished her to appear in clothes of a richer and more recherche sort, and at once the clever active girljberself eat out the staff which had been previously sent to her, and with a very little assistance from others was able, in a short time, to dress herself out most tastefully. The new fashionable dresses set off her figure. An, agreeable person, it is true, will show through all disguises ; but we always fan cy it looks fresher and more graceful when its peculiarities appear under some new drapery. And thus, from the mo ment of her first appearance, she became more and more a delight to the eyes of ail who beheld her. As the emerald re freshes the sight with its beautiful hues, and exerts, it is said, a benifleent influ ence on that noble sense, so does human beauty work wiih far greater potency on the outward and on >he| invrtfW’ sense ; whoever looks upon it is charmed against the breath of evil, and feels in harmony with him Self and with the world. TO BE CONTINUED. 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