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daughter to bear with resignation the loss she had
sustained, she pointed out to her how she could make
herself perfectly agreeable by cultivating her talents
and adorning her mind. Poor Eglantine was en-
lightened by her misfortunes, and was filled with
deep gratitude towards her mother; for when she
saw her now wholly disfigured face, she thought of all
the risk her mother ran in nursing her through such
a loathsome disease. She was fully determined now
to conquer her faults, to become more reasonable,
more active, more worthy in every way of the love of
her fond mother.

As soon as Eglantine’s health permitted her to
travel, Doralice started with her for Switzerland.
They left Paris for Lyons, and thence to Geneva.
They stopped at Bellegarde to visit what the people
of that country call Zhe Wreck of the Rhone. No-
thing has a more curious effect than to see this grand
river sometimes entirely lost under enormous rocks,
in deep caves, and appearing again and rolling
rapidly over other rocks, forming splendid waterfalls.
This place is surrounded with high mountains, pro-
found precipices, and huge rocks all covered with
moss. The sight is sufficient to make any one who
witnesses it for ever tired of the English gardens,