In her ignorance she lived surrounded by wonders.

The rising of the stars, or the opening of a violet; each fact was a surprise to her.

It would have appeared to her simply ridiculous to have imagined the world so mechanical as to be governed by fixed laws.

There were so many things far beyond her comprehension, she felt herself so weak and helpless in the midst of forces whose power it was impossible to measure, that she would not even have suspected they existed, had it not been for the great questioning breath which at times passed over her face.

So, trusting, and as thoroughly Christian as if belonging to the primitive Church, spiritually fed by her readings from the "Golden Legend," she gave herself up entirely into the hands of God, with only the spot of original sin to be cleansed from her soul.