Informed of her father's refusal, she grew indignant, and went to a convent destitute of every thing.

There she lived on the coarsest food, prepared by her own hands.

She plunged into deep study, and strengthened her heart against adversity.

_She revenged herself by deserving the happiness of a lot which was not accorded to her_.

In the evening she visited her friends; in the day an hour's walk in a garden surrounded with high walls.