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Updated: June 26, 2025
She found Julia alone in her room, trying on before a mirror her novice's dress; the vail that was to conceal her luxuriant hair was laid upon the bed; she was simply dressed in a long, white woolen tunic, whose folds she was engaged in adjusting. She blushed when she saw her mother come in; then with an insipient laugh: "Cymodocea in the circus, isn't it, mother?"
She remembered how the novice's father knelt, trembling, beside a pillar of gray stone; how the faithless lover watched and shivered behind the statue of a saint; how stifled sobs and outcries were heard when the novice came to the altar; and how a shaft of light struck through the rose-window, enveloping her in an amber glow.
For a few minutes he stood by, and then, having given me some idea of the leading principles of the game, wandered away to observe the other players. Left to myself, I played on timidly at first; soon with more confidence; and, of course, with the novice's invariable good-fortune. My amiable neighbor drew me presently into conversation.
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