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When
my
father
returned
from
Milan
,
he
found
playing
with
me
in
the
hall
of
our
villa
a
child
fairer
than
pictured
cherub
--
a
creature
who
seemed
to
shed
radiance
from
her
looks
and
whose
form
and
motions
were
lighter
than
the
chamois
of
the
hills
.
The
apparition
was
soon
explained
.
With
his
permission
my
mother
prevailed
on
her
rustic
guardians
to
yield
their
charge
to
her
.
They
were
fond
of
the
sweet
orphan
.
Her
presence
had
seemed
a
blessing
to
them
,
but
it
would
be
unfair
to
her
to
keep
her
in
poverty
and
want
when
Providence
afforded
her
such
powerful
protection
.
They
consulted
their
village
priest
,
and
the
result
was
that
Elizabeth
Lavenza
became
the
inmate
of
my
parents
'
house
--
my
more
than
sister
--
the
beautiful
and
adored
companion
of
all
my
occupations
and
my
pleasures
.
Everyone
loved
Elizabeth
.
The
passionate
and
almost
reverential
attachment
with
which
all
regarded
her
became
,
while
I
shared
it
,
my
pride
and
my
delight
.
On
the
evening
previous
to
her
being
brought
to
my
home
,
my
mother
had
said
playfully
,
'
I
have
a
pretty
present
for
my
Victor
--
tomorrow
he
shall
have
it
.
'
And
when
,
on
the
morrow
,
she
presented
Elizabeth
to
me
as
her
promised
gift
,
I
,
with
childish
seriousness
,
interpreted
her
words
literally
and
looked
upon
Elizabeth
as
mine
--
mine
to
protect
,
love
,
and
cherish
.
All
praises
bestowed
on
her
I
received
as
made
to
a
possession
of
my
own
.
We
called
each
other
familiarly
by
the
name
of
cousin
.
No
word
,
no
expression
could
body
forth
the
kind
of
relation
in
which
she
stood
to
me
--
my
more
than
sister
,
since
till
death
she
was
to
be
mine
only
.
We
were
brought
up
together
;
there
was
not
quite
a
year
difference
in
our
ages
.
I
need
not
say
that
we
were
strangers
to
any
species
of
disunion
or
dispute
.
Harmony
was
the
soul
of
our
companionship
,
and
the
diversity
and
contrast
that
subsisted
in
our
characters
drew
us
nearer
together
.
Elizabeth
was
of
a
calmer
and
more
concentrated
disposition
;
but
,
with
all
my
ardour
,
I
was
capable
of
a
more
intense
application
and
was
more
deeply
smitten
with
the
thirst
for
knowledge
.
She
busied
herself
with
following
the
aerial
creations
of
the
poets
;
and
in
the
majestic
and
wondrous
scenes
which
surrounded
our
Swiss
home
--
the
sublime
shapes
of
the
mountains
,
the
changes
of
the
seasons
,
tempest
and
calm
,
the
silence
of
winter
,
and
the
life
and
turbulence
of
our
Alpine
summers
--
she
found
ample
scope
for
admiration
and
delight
.
While
my
companion
contemplated
with
a
serious
and
satisfied
spirit
the
magnificent
appearances
of
things
,
I
delighted
in
investigating
their
causes
.
The
world
was
to
me
a
secret
which
I
desired
to
divine
.
Curiosity
,
earnest
research
to
learn
the
hidden
laws
of
nature
,
gladness
akin
to
rapture
,
as
they
were
unfolded
to
me
,
are
among
the
earliest
sensations
I
can
remember
.
On
the
birth
of
a
second
son
,
my
junior
by
seven
years
,
my
parents
gave
up
entirely
their
wandering
life
and
fixed
themselves
in
their
native
country
.
We
possessed
a
house
in
Geneva
,
and
a
campagne
on
Belrive
,
the
eastern
shore
of
the
lake
,
at
the
distance
of
rather
more
than
a
league
from
the
city
.
We
resided
principally
in
the
latter
,
and
the
lives
of
my
parents
were
passed
in
considerable
seclusion
.
It
was
my
temper
to
avoid
a
crowd
and
to
attach
myself
fervently
to
a
few
.
I
was
indifferent
,
therefore
,
to
my
school-fellows
in
general
;
but
I
united
myself
in
the
bonds
of
the
closest
friendship
to
one
among
them
.
Henry
Clerval
was
the
son
of
a
merchant
of
Geneva
.
He
was
a
boy
of
singular
talent
and
fancy
.
He
loved
enterprise
,
hardship
,
and
even
danger
for
its
own
sake
.
He
was
deeply
read
in
books
of
chivalry
and
romance
.
He
composed
heroic
songs
and
began
to
write
many
a
tale
of
enchantment
and
knightly
adventure
.
He
tried
to
make
us
act
plays
and
to
enter
into
masquerades
,
in
which
the
characters
were
drawn
from
the
heroes
of
Roncesvalles
,
of
the
Round
Table
of
King
Arthur
,
and
the
chivalrous
train
who
shed
their
blood
to
redeem
the
holy
sepulchre
from
the
hands
of
the
infidels
.
No
human
being
could
have
passed
a
happier
childhood
than
myself
.
My
parents
were
possessed
by
the
very
spirit
of
kindness
and
indulgence
.
We
felt
that
they
were
not
the
tyrants
to
rule
our
lot
according
to
their
caprice
,
but
the
agents
and
creators
of
all
the
many
delights
which
we
enjoyed
.
When
I
mingled
with
other
families
I
distinctly
discerned
how
peculiarly
fortunate
my
lot
was
,
and
gratitude
assisted
the
development
of
filial
love
.
My
temper
was
sometimes
violent
,
and
my
passions
vehement
;
but
by
some
law
in
my
temperature
they
were
turned
not
towards
childish
pursuits
but
to
an
eager
desire
to
learn
,
and
not
to
learn
all
things
indiscriminately
.
I
confess
that
neither
the
structure
of
languages
,
nor
the
code
of
governments
,
nor
the
politics
of
various
states
possessed
attractions
for
me
.
It
was
the
secrets
of
heaven
and
earth
that
I
desired
to
learn
;
and
whether
it
was
the
outward
substance
of
things
or
the
inner
spirit
of
nature
and
the
mysterious
soul
of
man
that
occupied
me
,
still
my
inquiries
were
directed
to
the
metaphysical
,
or
in
it
highest
sense
,
the
physical
secrets
of
the
world
.
Meanwhile
Clerval
occupied
himself
,
so
to
speak
,
with
the
moral
relations
of
things
.
The
busy
stage
of
life
,
the
virtues
of
heroes
,
and
the
actions
of
men
were
his
theme
;
and
his
hope
and
his
dream
was
to
become
one
among
those
whose
names
are
recorded
in
story
as
the
gallant
and
adventurous
benefactors
of
our
species
.
The
saintly
soul
of
Elizabeth
shone
like
a
shrine-dedicated
lamp
in
our
peaceful
home
.
Her
sympathy
was
ours
;
her
smile
,
her
soft
voice
,
the
sweet
glance
of
her
celestial
eyes
,
were
ever
there
to
bless
and
animate
us
.
She
was
the
living
spirit
of
love
to
soften
and
attract
;
I
might
have
become
sullen
in
my
study
,
through
the
ardour
of
my
nature
,
but
that
she
was
there
to
subdue
me
to
a
semblance
of
her
own
gentleness
.
And
Clerval
--
could
aught
ill
entrench
on
the
noble
spirit
of
Clerval
?
Yet
he
might
not
have
been
so
perfectly
humane
,
so
thoughtful
in
his
generosity
,
so
full
of
kindness
and
tenderness
amidst
his
passion
for
adventurous
exploit
,
had
she
not
unfolded
to
him
the
real
loveliness
of
beneficence
and
made
the
doing
good
the
end
and
aim
of
his
soaring
ambition
.
