The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-20
THE LETTERS OF ELIZA
BETH BARRETT BROWNING.

saern ali. I began with q grave assurance
sfsaf 4 MAJ IN an exceptional position and
saw him lss. Ia consequence o. H. asa
thai If ne ewes REQUIRED 10 iha1 sdnlsSss
again never eou.d Ssss hsfks ag4sn NEtse
I Isz.ds aaa h. believed ms ard was a..
ient. To my mind. iE9esd. Was base
.mpusse-~A generous man. % quick sym
pafh5ss taking up sudden Interest with
both hands. go I thought: bsst In the
meantime the letters and fhs visits ralHed
aaxn uaore aTss more. and In every ems
there Was something which was 100
sight 90 analyxe and notice. bsit TOO de-
cised not 70 De understood 30 that at
sass. when the proposed respect CT the
silence gave way. II was rather Tess dan
gsrcu# So. then. ! showed him aoH ne
vas throwing into the ashes his best at
fscs5ons--fanw the common gifts OF youth
and csieersuInzxs were behind mellow
had rot strength. even CT heart. for the
ordinary duties OF Hfe-sverything told
him ard showed him. Look at this
aag thix--and this. throwing down all
my Disadvantages. To which ne di6 rot
answer By & single compliment. bat sim
pig that ~ had rot then 20 choosa. ana
that ! might be right or be Nigh; he.
right, be was uor there 20 decide, but
gsssf Ese loved gBe ard should 10 his last
hour. He said that the freshness OF youth
had passed with him also, and that ne
seen many women. yet had never loved
enc unit. ne had seen me. That he knew
himsef. and knew that. II ever ~ re-
paissd, be- should love me 10 his last n0ur
lit should be first and lass. Ar the same
time nc would not tease me: be would
wait twenty years II | pleased. and then,
IL life lasted 80 long for both Of us. thsn
when 4 was ending. perhaps I misaf un-
siersssnd him and feel that I might have
trusted him.
And now the new life begins and with II
the outer world and what she has neither
seen nor imagined the like Of in any aay"
soon she has recognized that her real
home ans: fstheTiand is italy. The Old
love for France. born when she used 10
be ninsseTed 10 through the prison bars
Of 1ssxac. George Sand and the Hike inn
mortal impropr:etiss, revsves in the ar
tuai delight Of Paris and sympathy with
French politics. Later on comes the
Ioaged-for meeting with George Sand. for
7 won't die X ! can help IL without
ing George Sand and when it is accom-
plished
And now am TO tell you that have
seen George Sand twice. ard am to see
her again. All, there is no time to tell
yoe. for / must shut up this letter. She
sat like a prtestess the other morning In
u circle Of eight or nine men, giving no or
aeies. except with her splendid eyes. and
y.
silence OF The most profound Difference.
There was Something I'm the calm disdain
Of II which pleased me. and struck me rs
characteristic She was George Sand. that
was enough You wanted no proof Of it
She goes TO see the Dame aux Camili-
rs" and here IL her characteristic com
ment Il disagree with the common cutlery
about IFS immortality According 70 my
view IL Is moral and humane. But will
never go TO see II again. for II almost hrekc
any heart and split nay head. I had head
ache afterwards for twenty-foi.r hours.
Even Robert. who gives himself out for
hiase dramatic matters. couldn't keep
the tears from rolling down his cheeks.
The exquisHs acting. the too literal truth
80 nature everywhere. was exaspsrating-
thsre something profane in such
familiar handling of life and death. Art
has no business with real grave clothes
when she wants tragic drapery. Ii WAS
too much altogether like hull night"
steady growth in intellect. in ciearness
Of mind. Is pcrcept:hie throughout tbs
letters and some of the best sayings come
comparatively hate Many Of them show
that deeper gaze into life'' due sorrow.
ana they are not always free from Bit
tefncss
Yes she writes there are terrible
eos,s 10 this world. We get knowledge by
iussns what We hoped for. and liberty by
iasing "A hat we loved :"