He found great pleasure in conversing with Valancourt, and in listening to his ingenuous remarks.

The fire and simplicity of his manners seemed to render him a characteristic figure in the scenes around them; and St.Aubert discovered in his sentiments the justness and the dignity of an elevated mind, unbiased by intercourse with the world.

He perceived, that his opinions were formed, rather than imbibed; were more the result of thought, than of learning.

Of the world he seemed to know nothing; for he believed well of all mankind, and this opinion gave him the reflected image of his own heart.
St.Aubert, as he sometimes lingered to examine the wild plants in his path, often looked forward with pleasure to Emily and Valancourt, as they strolled on together; he, with a countenance of animated delight, pointing to her attention some grand feature of the scene; and she, listening and observing with a look of tender seriousness, that spoke the elevation of her mind.

They appeared like two lovers who had never strayed beyond these their native mountains; whose situation had secluded them from the frivolities of common life, whose ideas were simple and grand, like the landscapes among which they moved, and who knew no other happiness, than in the union of pure and affectionate hearts.