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taller. but not q great desl-and q little
over stout fer that heiSht The uppsr part OF

the faco 10 fine. the forehead. eyebrows and
eyes-dark. glowing eyes as tbey should hs
the lower part. not so good The beautiful
teeth rroject q little, flashing out n smile from
the large character stic mouth. and the chin
recedss. 1t never oouli have been q beautiful
face. Robert and l agree. but noble and ex-
rressive 1t has been, and ls. The complexion
Is olive, quite without color. the hair. black
and glossy. divided with evident caro- and
twisted back into aknot behind ths heal. and
she wore no covering to it. She was dressed
In sort OF gray woollea gown. with the Jacket
Of tho same material. tho gown fasiene up to
tho throat with small linen collarett,. and
plain white muslin sleeves buttoned around the
wrists. The hands offered to me were small
and well shaped. Her manners were quito as
simple as her costume. never saw simpler
woman. Not shade OF affectation or con-
sciousness even-not q suffnsion Of coquetry,
not cigai stte 10 bs seen. Two or three men
were sitting With her and observed the pro-
found respect with which they stoned to
every word she said. She spoke RAPIDLY. with
a low. unemphatic voice. Repose OF manner
Is much more her characteristic than anima-
haps by means Of 1t, ycu arc aware Of an in
tcnse. burning soul. She kissoi me again
when We went away."
From subsequent experience Mrs. Browning
derived slightly difleren impression. The
cigarette appeared Though not In Mrs. Brown
ing's presence). and other less decorons fea-
tures of George Sands pntomage revealed
themselves. Thus we rend under date OF April
z. 1852: George Sand we came to know n
great deal moro OF. I think Robert saw her
six times. Onco he met her near the Tuileiies
offered her his arm. and walked with her the
whole length Of the gardens Shc was not, on
hof NaotH 1Nn yt0v all Kat,
. littlo too much endimanchsp. interrestrial
lavenders and super-celestial blues: in
fact. not dressed with the remarkable taste
which he has seen in her at other times. Her
usual costume 10 both pretty and quiet. Rnd
the fashionable waistcont and jacket mako the
only approach to masculine wearings to be
observed In her. She has" continues Mrs.
Browning. great nicety and refinement in
her personal ways. I think and the cigarette
ia really feminine weapon II properly under
stood. All. but did not SEQ her smoke.
was unfortunate. could only go with robert
three times to her house. and once she wal
out. He was really very good aud
kind to let me so at all after he
found the sort OF society rampant
around her. He did not like 1t. but being the
prince OF husbands. he was lenient to my de-
sires and yielded the point. She seems to live
In the abomlnRtion Of desolation. as far as re.
CARDS society-crowds Of ill-brsd men who
adore her osnouz bas bstwlxt puff OF smoke
and an election OF saliva-society OF the ragged
red. diluted with the low theatrical She al
ways 30 different. so apart 30 alone in her
melancholy disdain. I was deeply interested
in that Door woman. l felt profound COM
passion for her. did not mind much even
tho Greek. in Greek costume. who t,tov;d
her and kissed her. believe. 80 Robert says
"a nj Fhn fhAu
tire, who went down on his knees and
called her sublime Caprice da,nitie.' said
she. with her quiet. gentle scorn. A noble
woman under the mud. be certain. would
kneel down to her. too. II she would leave it all.
or throw 1t of. and be herself rs God made
her. But she would not care for me to kneel-
she does not care for me. Perhaps she does
not care much for anybody by this time. who
knows? We both tried hard to please her. and
she told friend ofours that she liked u.s. only
We always felt that we couldn't penetrate
couldn't really touch her-it was all in vain."
We must bring our extracts from this corre-
spondsnce to close. but We would not over
LOOK remark made by Browning about his
wlfe's writings. to an old friend. Nine. du
Quaire. He had been it seems. declaiming
passages from his wi'e's poetry. and when
Nine. du Quaire hal said that she much pre-
fsrred his poetry to hers. he made this charac-
teris.ic answer: You are wronG-Quite wrong
-she has genius; Am only O painstakin9
follow. Can't you imagine clever sort Of
angel who plots aud plans and tries to build
up somsthing-who wants to make you see 1t
as he sees it-shows you one point OF view.
carries you OF to another. hammerIng into
your head the thing he wants you to under.
stand: and while this bother is going on. God
Almighty turns you OF little star-that Ia the
difference between rs. Tho true creative
power is hers, not mine"
The ideal union OF the BrowninRs was not to
be OF very long duration. It tlasted not quite
fifteen years. Mrs. Browning died in Florence
on June 20. 1851. Those who. were with her
husband at the time OF his aff1iclion had rea-
son to deny. what has been SO often affirmed.
that great griefs arc necessarily silent They
were wont to speak OF this period as an "apoc-
ayptlo month" so deeply roetic were the
rawlings which altsrnatcd with the simple
human cry OF tho desol6te human heart. II
want her. want her." In letter written by
Browning some months afterward. there is
an affecting description OF the DEATH
bed scone. With this extract We must
take leave Of Mrs. Orr's interesting
book: The main comfort is that she SUI
fered little pain. none beside that ordinarily
attending the simple attacks Of cold and cough
she was subject to-had no presentiment of the
result Whatever. and consequently was spared
the misery Of knowing that she was about to
leave us; she was smiinRly assuring me that
she was better quite comfortable-if I
would but come t. bed; to within few min
Summer sum n and next % Year. ot's sers % the ' ssr sas
wants away and her maid to-. bed. 20
little reason for dsIutetude did there
and brokeniy that was the bad. sign. but then
she would sit .up, take her medicine. say un-
O'clock there were sy ymploms that larmed me.
I called tho maid and sent for the doctor; She
se q TO % sEs
case OF It, Then came what my heart will Keen
until SEQ her. again and longer-the most
my whole knowledge OF her. Aln ays smilingly.
happily. and with q face like a girls md Ia a
few minutes she died IN my arms; her heal on