She is a good soul.

How often have I teased her, been petulant, and almost angry with her! She thought so much of me, she was both mother and sister to me, and instructed me in religion as well as the preacher, although she is a Catholic.

Since my father's childhood she has been a sort of governante in the house.

You should have seen her melancholy smile when she heard my geography lesson, and we read of her dear Switzerland, where she was born, and of the south of France, where she had travelled as a child.

The west coast of Jutland may also appear very barren in comparison with these countries!" "She might have made you a Catholic! But surely nothing of this still clings to you ?" "Rosalie was a prudent old creature; Luther himself need not have been ashamed of her doctrine.