Life is, to such, the mirror which ministers to vanity.

Should a husband appear in the picture, he is soon relegated to the background, receiving only occasional glances over the shoulder.

If children dance into the field of vision, they are petulantly driven elsewhere.

Tell me?
Did Sister Seraphine's desire for life include any expression of the desire to give life ?" Involuntarily the Prioress glanced at the sweet Babe upon the Virgin's knees.
"No," she said, very low.
"I thought not," said the Bishop.

"Self-centred, shallow natures are not capable of the sublime passion for motherhood; partly, no doubt, because they themselves possess no life worth passing on." The Prioress rose quickly and, moving to the window, flung open a second casement.