"I did not then foresee," she writes, in melancholy mood, as she pens these lines--"that destiny reserved me to be the witness of crimes such as those of which they were the victims, and to participate in the glory of their martyrs, after having professed their principles." Thus, the imagination, character, and studies of this girl prepared her, unknown to herself, for the republic.

Her religion alone, then so powerful over her, restrained her within the bounds of that resignation which submits the thoughts to the will of God.

But philosophy became her creed, and this creed formed a portion of her politics.

The emancipation of the people united itself in her mind with the emancipation of ideas.
She believed, by overturning thrones, that she was working for man; and, by overthrowing altars, that she was labouring for God.

Such is the confession which she herself made of her change.
VIII.
However, the young girl had already attracted many suitors for her hand.
Her father wished to marry her in the class to which he himself belonged.