I knew that I could be happy again only after I had confessed to her and had received forgiveness.
Madge, who was blind of sight, led Dorothy, who was piteously blind of soul, and the two girls went to their apartments.
Curiosity is not foreign even to the royal female breast, and while Mary Stuart was entering Haddon Hall, I saw the luminous head of the Virgin Queen peeked out at a casement on the second floor watching her rival with all the curiosity of a Dutch woman sitting by her window mirror.
I went to my room in Eagle Tower, fell upon my bed, and abandoned myself to an anguish of soul which was almost luxurious.

I shall not tease you with the details of my mental and moral processes.

I hung in the balance a long time undetermined what course I should pursue.

The difference between the influence of Mary and the effect wrought by Madge was the difference between the intoxication and the exhilaration of wine.

Following the intoxication of Mary's presence ever came a torturing reaction, while the exhilarating influence of Madge gave health and strength.