She could have done the same with the soul of Carlotta.

But the age of miracles is past, and I fear the Little Sisters would only break their gentle hearts over her.

She is an extraordinary creature." I know I ought to have given some consideration to the proposal; but I think I must suffer from chronic inflammation of the logical faculty.
It revolted against the suggested congruity of Carlotta and the Little Sisters of St.Bridget.
"What can she be like ?" asked the old man, wonderingly.
"Would it pain you to see her ?" I asked.
"Yes," he said, in a low voice.

"It would.

But perhaps it would bring me nearer to my unhappy boy.