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What sort of a God have you been unloading on us, you black aas vogels? The British came, and we beat 'em, he says, 'and you sat still and prayed. The British beat us, and you sat still, he says. 'You told us to hang on, and we hung on, and our farms was burned, and you sat still you and your God.
This question was put by Von Bloom, partly to himself, but loud enough for the others to hear him. "Da vogels!" Sure enough, it was a string of vultures that appeared along the walls. The sight of these filthy birds was more than ominous. It filled Von Bloom with apprehension. What could they be doing there? There must be carrion near? The party rode forward.
Love is a perpetual act of faith. Whether God exist or no is a small matter: we believe, because we believe. We love because we love; there is no need of reasons!... After Christophe's quarrel with the Vogels it became impossible for them to stay in the house, and Louisa had to seek another lodging for herself and her son.
This question was put by Von Bloom, partly to himself, but loud enough for the others to hear him. "Da vogels!" Sure enough, it was a string of vultures that appeared along the walls. The sight of these filthy birds was more than ominous. It filled Von Bloom with apprehension. What could they be doing there? There must be carrion near? The party rode forward.
Some time after that Sabine's brother, a miller at Landegg, a little town a few miles away, was to celebrate the christening of a child. Sabine was to be godmother. She invited Christophe. He had no liking for these functions: but for the pleasure of annoying the Vogels and of being with Sabine he accepted eagerly.
Two governesses were sitting with the Vogels at a table, on which were plates of raisins, walnuts, and almonds. The governesses were discussing whether it was cheaper to live in Moscow or Odessa. Natasha sat down, listened to their talk with a serious and thoughtful air, and then got up again.
Each one of us follows in the footsteps of those who were, of those before us who struggled with death, denied death and are dead. He shut himself up in his room. His shutters were closed all day so as not to see the windows of the house opposite. He avoided the Vogels: they were odious to his sight.
She left it to God to distinguish between good and evil, to punish or to forgive. From others she asked only a little of that affectionate sympathy which is so necessary to soften the ways of life. If people were only kind she asked no more. But since she had lived with the Vogels a change had come about in her.
And the waters of youth in which the soul is bathed, the blessed radiance of strength and joy, are beautiful and health-giving, making the heart great. That his friends misunderstood him filled him with bitterness. But the worst trial of all was that his mother was beginning to be unhappy about it. The good creature was far from sharing the narrow views of the Vogels.
In spite of his squabble with the Vogels, and in spite of the intoxication of his adolescence, Christophe had preserved an instinctive modesty, a need of purity, of which he was entirely unconscious. At first it struck Ada, attracted and charmed her, then made her impatient and irritable, and finally, being the woman she was, she detested it. She did not make a frontal attack.