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When he got a thought he made haste to act upon it, because it really embarrassed him. None of Prosper's imaginings were correct. If the monk had been capable of harbouring two thoughts at a time, there would not have been a shred of mail in the room. That sodden thing lipped by the restless water was Spiridion.
I think the fate of our English Newman Street apostles, and of M. de la M , the mad priest, and his congregation of mad converts, should be a warning to such of us as are inclined to dabble in religious speculations; for, in them, as in all others, our flighty brains soon lose themselves, and we find our reason speedily lying prostrated at the mercy of our passions; and I think that Madame Sand's novel of Spiridion may do a vast deal of good, and bears a good moral with it; though not such an one, perhaps, as our fair philosopher intended.
Spiridion is but small; it contains many oil-paintings, some are good specimens of the old Italian School. In a small dark chapel at the furthest end of the church lies, in a silver sarcophagus, the body of St. Spiridion, who is held in great veneration by the Ionians. The chapel is always full of devotees who tenderly kiss the sarcophagus.
Trembling and delighted, the pair read this tremendous MANUSCRIPT OF SPIRIDION. Will it be believed, that of all the dull, vague, windy documents that mortal ever set eyes on, this is the dullest?
She understood it sympathetically in Spiridion, for instance, she describes an ascetic nature as it has never been done in any other work of fiction. Newman himself has not written passages of deeper or purer mysticism, of more sincere spirituality. Balzac, in Seraphita, attempted something of the kind, but the result was never more than a tour de force.
'I am Spiridion Kostalergi, and by birth a Prince of Delos, said the Greek, waving back the letter. 'I am well aware of that, and it is only in perfect confidence that I venture to recall a past that your Excellency will see I respect, and Atlee spoke with an air of deference.
A fluttering sound roused her she turned her head, and expected to see her gazelle: it was Spiridion; his face was wreathed with smiles as he held towards her a letter. She seized it she recognised in an instant the handwriting she had so often studied it was his! Yes! it was his. It was the handwriting of her beloved.
It was in the cells of Valdemosa that Madame Sand completed her novel of Monastic life, Spiridion, then publishing in the Revue des Deux Mondes.
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"You are so courteous a defender, fair sir," said Spiridion, "I could wish you a more worthy client." Prosper inwardly agreed with him. Shortly afterwards Spiridion bowed him to bed. For himself he carefully undressed and put on his night- shirt; then, lying down, he was asleep in a moment. The storm was by this time a gale, the noise of it continuous out doors and in.
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