Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1859-08-13
CHAPTER v.


Let me describe my friend of the Society o
Jesus. lie was man Of about thirty-fve
slightly exceeding the middle height. with ;
serene, placid countenance, rendered 80 en-,
tirely by discipline, for in the depths Of hi.
dark gray eyes you could read the evidence o
merry and tempestuoua passions within. There
is something cruel and ferocious in a gray
eye, which yet is sometimes so tempered and
soitened by passion, that it becomes the most
fascinating in nature. Mythology attributes
gray eyes to Achilles, TO indicate the union o,
intellect with the most destructive propensi
ties. 1iberius the worst of Roman emperors
had gray eyes, which from that day TO thi,
have obtained little favor with poet. or ro
nance writers. We hear Of dark, humid, lus.
trons eyes, OF bright or soft blue eyes but
Of the gray eye no epithet Il suitable but thai
Of fierce or fiery. To talk of a soft gray eve
would be. a contradiction which would in.
stinctiyely produce laughter, yet II las often
happened that men and women with gray ewes
have fascinated all around them. The reason
may be this, that the imperious energy of the
character suggests the necessity of exercising
an antidote, and the mixture of softness and
ierceness, of ali-absorhing love and violent
antipathies, operates like spell The las.
nit, OF whom have been speaking, was at
least an example ofthis. His short and SLIGHT
ly curled upper lip indicated a large amount
OF scorn, which he sought to Disguise by a win.
ming voice and gentle manners but from the
height of his intellect lie evidently looked
down upon his opponents, and now and then
put forth degree of strength that startled
them. His face was psle, with a few streaks
of red in the cheeks, such as you sometimes
see in farmers, who have been Il good deal
exposed TO the weather. He wore lonq
black cassock, reaching from his neck to the
feet, common hat, and little white band of
linen about the neck. We understood each
other thoroughly, and between his Catholic.
ism and my Professionalism there was so little
difference that it required the name to distin.
guish the one from the other. We rose above
sectarianism, and met on the common level of
Christianity. Such man, however would
be dangerous proselyte- maker for he would
first show all the points in which the two be-
liefs agree, and then gradually attack as err
rors, condemned by both, the points on which
they differ, in favor, of course, of his own
church. As we went along, inquired into
the mental and physical condition of the Va.
lasians, on which he exhibited extensive in.
formation, though himself native of Alsace.
Our conversation then turned upon the sum
NIT of the Alps, where he had often wandered
and which he described admirably. The
name of Pervenche, used accidentally in orr
conversation, led to the mention of Jean JAG.
aues Rousseau, and that again to Madame de
Warrens, and that to love. felt not little
anxious to learn the opinion of Jesuit nm
this passion, but observing that Madame CARL
and the rest of our companions were listening
too attentiyely to our conversation, he said he
would speak of it another time wi en- did
him the honor to visit his college. Tha. visit
was nevcr paid, neither did the promis ID dis
cussion ever take place; but, instead, he re-
peatcd to me story which did honor TO his
frankness, for ii represented Jesuit in love.
What will be the opinion OF the reader when
.e hears the anecdotes, it is, of course, beyond
my power to conjecture, neither shall at
present state my own but when have rela-
ted faithfully all the incidents of the nara.
live, the event will speak for itself
1t was towards the close of the day, and
not many leagues from Brigg, when, observing