“I do not like to pry5 into the secrets of my own heart; and yet I am ever impelled6 to do it. I was about to compare it to this unweeded garden; but here all is still; and the progress of life, be it beautiful or evil, goes on in peace: in my soul all jars, — one thought strikes against another, and produces most vile7 discord8. Sometimes for a moment this ceases; and would that that state of peace would endure for ever: but, crash! — comes in the stroke of a mightier9 hand, which destroys all harmony and melody, alas10! that may be found in your gentler heart; in mine all recollection of it even is extinct.”
“I will tell you how this is, my sweet Beatrice,” replied Euthanasia, playfully. “I will tell you what the human mind is; and you shall learn to regulate its various powers. The human soul, dear girl, is a vast cave, in which many powers sit and live. First, Consciousness is as a sentinel at the entrance; and near him wait Joy and Sorrow, Love and Hate, and all the quick sensations that through his means gain entrance into our hearts.
“In the vestibule of this cavern11, still illumined by the light of day, sit Memory with banded eyes, grave Judgement bearing her scales, and Reason in a lawyer’s gown. Hope and Fear dwell there, hand in hand, twin sisters; the first (the elder by some brief moments, of ruddy complexion12, firm step, eyes eagerly looking forward, and lips apart in earnest expectation,) would often hurry on to take her seat beside Joy; if she were not held back by Fear, the younger born; who, pale and trembling, would as often fly, if Hope held not her hand, and supported her; her eyes are ever turned back to appeal to Memory, and you may see her heart beat through her dun robe. Religion dwells there also, and Charity, or sometimes in their place, their counterfeits13 or opposites, Hypocrisy14, Avarice15 and Cruelty.
“Within, excluded from the light of day, Conscience sits, who can see indeed, as an owl16, in the dark. His temples are circled by a diadem17 of thorns, and in his hand he bears a whip; yet his garb18 is kingly, and his countenance19, though severe, majestical.
“But beyond all this there is an inner cave, difficult of access, rude, strange, and dangerous. Few visit this, and it is often barren and empty; but sometimes (like caverns20 that we read of, which are discovered in the bosoms21 of the mountains, and exist in beauty, unknown and neglected) this last recess22 is decorated with the strongest and most wondrous23 devices; — stalactites of surpassing beauty, stores of unimagined wealth, and silver sounds, which the dropping water makes, or the circulation of the air, felt among the delicate crystals. But here also find abode24 owls25, and bats, and vipers26, and scorpions27, and other deadly reptiles28. This recess receives no light from outward day; nor has Conscience any authority here. Sometimes it is lighted by an inborn29 light; and then the birds of night retreat, and the reptiles creep not from their holes. But, if this light do not exist, oh! then let those beware who would explore this cave. It is hence that bad men receive those excuses for their crimes, which take the whip from the hand of Conscience, and blunt his sharp crown; it is hence that the daring heretic learns strange secrets. This is the habitation of the madman, when all the powers desert the vestibule, and he, finding no light, makes darkling, fantastic combinations, and lives among them. From thence there is a short path to hell, and the evil spirits pass and repass unreproved, devising their temptations.
“But it is here also that Poetry and Imagination live; it is here that Heroism31, and Self-sacrifice, and the highest virtues32 dwell, and here they find a lore30 far better than all the lessons of the world; and here dwells the sweet reward of all our toil33, Content of Mind, who crowned with roses, and bearing a flower — wreathed sceptre, rules, instead of Conscience, those admitted to her happy dominion34.”
Euthanasia talked thus, trying to give birth in the mind of Beatrice to calmer ideas; but it was in vain; the poor girl listened, and when her friend had finished, she raised her eyes heavy with tears. “Talk no more in this strain,” she said; “every word you utter tells me only too plainly what a lost wretch35 I am. No content of mind exists for me, no beauty of thought, or poetry; and, if imagination live, it is as a tyrant36, armed with fire, and venomed37 darts38, to drive me to despair.”
A torrent39 of tears followed these words; and no caresses40 or consolation41 could soothe42 her.
Soon after, Euthanasia received an answer from Castruccio to the letter in which she had sketched43 Beatrice’s unhappy story. He lamented44 the misfortunes, which through his means had overwhelmed the poor prophetess. “I know,” he continued, “of no refuge or shelter for her, if it be not in your protecting affection. If she were as when I knew her, her own feelings might suggest a cloister45, as the last resource for one so outraged46 and so miserable47 as she is. But she is a Paterin; and, until she be reclaimed48 from this detestable heresy49, she is shut out from the consolations50 of our religion.”
“And he writes thus coldly of this ruined temple, which was once all that is fair and beautiful! Ah! I wonder not,” thought Euthanasia, “that he cast away my affections, since he can spare no deeper sympathy for Beatrice. She does not interfere51 with his ambition or his designs; it is therefore hardness of heart alone which dictates52 his chilling councils.”
At this moment Beatrice entered. To see that beautiful creature only (for beautiful she still was in spite of calamity53 and madness), was to behold54 all that can be imagined of soft and lovely in woman, soft and lovely, yet wild, so that, while you gazed with delight, you feared. Her low brow, though its fairness were tarnished55 by the sun, still gleamed beneath her raven-black hair; her eyes, which had reassumed some of their ancient gentleness, slept as it were beneath their heavy lids. Her angry look, which was lightning, her smile, which was as paradise, all elevated her above her fellow creatures; she seemed like the incarnation of some strange planetary spirit, that, robed in flesh, felt uneasy in its bonds, and longed to be away on the wings of its own will.
She spoke56 with trepidation57: “Do not blush, my friend, or endeavour to conceal58 that paper; I know what it is; and, if you care for my peace of mind, if you love me, if the welfare of my almost lost soul be dear to you, let me see that writing.”
“There is no consolation for you in it,” replied Euthanasia, sadly.
“Now, of that I alone can judge; look, I kneel to you, Euthanasia; and do you deny me? I intreat you to give me that paper.”
“My own Beatrice, do not torture me thus: if I do not shew it you — Never mind: here it is; read it, and know what Castruccio is.”
Beatrice read it with a peaceful air; and then, folding in up, said composedly; — “I see no ill in this; and his will shall be done. It is a strange coincidence, that I had already decided59 on what he advises; and I trust he will be glad to find that the wandering prophetess again seeks her ancient path of religion and peace. I must explain these things to you, my Euthanasia. I know that you wish to remove to Florence: I can never leave this town. I shall never see him again, hear him speak, or be any thing to him; but to live within the same walls, to breathe the air of heaven which perhaps has hovered60 near him, this is a joy which I will never, never forego. My resolution is fixed61: but you perish here; and would find loving and cherished friends there, where he can never come. I would not detain you; I have chosen the mode of my future destiny, and planned it all. The convent nearest to his palace is one of nuns63 dedicated64 to San Michele. I have already sent for the confessor of that convent; through him I shall make my peace with the church; and, when he believes me sufficiently65 pure to become an inhabitant of those sainted walls, I shall enter myself as a novice66, and afterwards become a nun62 of that order. I intreat you, dearest, to stay only till my vows67 are made, when, wholly dedicated to heaven, I shall feel less an earthly separation.”
She spoke in a hurried, faltering68 voice, and closed her speech in tears; she threw herself into Euthanasia’s arms, and they both wept. — “Oh! no, unhappy, but dear, dear Beatrice, indeed you shall not leave me. I can be of little use now in the world to myself or others: but to cheer you, to teach you, as well as my poor skill will permit, the softest path to heaven, these shall be my tasks; you shall never leave me.”
Beatrice disengaged herself from the arms of Euthanasia; and, casting up her eyes, with that look of inspiration which seemed to seek and find converse69 with the powers above, she said: “I thank you from the depth of my heart, and may God bless you as you deserve, divine Euthanasia; but I am fixed. Alas! my mind is as the waters, now lashed70 into waves by the winds of circumstance, now coldly dark under a lowering heaven, but never smiled upon by the life-giving sun. And this perishable71 frame is to my soul as a weak, tempest-beaten promontory72, against which the Libeccio impels73 the undermining sea. I shall soon perish: but let my death be that of the holy; and that can alone be in the solitude74 of a cloister: that is the consummation of my fate. Oppose me no more: has not he pronounced? And I will obey his word, as if he were my king, my lord, my — Speak not; contradict me not; you see what a fragile being I am.”
And now this Beatrice, this Paterin, who had so lately with heartfelt hatred75 told the tale of all the miseries76 that are suffered under the sun, and cursed the author of them, became as docile77 to the voice of the priest, as a seven-years-old child. The confessor for whom she had sent, found it no difficult task to turn her mind to the reception of his tenets; and prayer and penitence78 became again for her the law of the day. She never went out; she remained secluded79 in Euthanasia’s palace; and, with her beads80 in her hand, her wild eyes turned heavenwards, she sought for peace, and she found at least a respite81 from some of the dreadful feelings that had hitherto tormented82 her.
In the mean time “the mother of the months” had many times waned83, and again refilled her horn; and summer, and its treasure of blue skies, odorous flowers, merry insects, and sweet-voiced birds, again bade the world be happy. The peasant prepared the threshing floor, choosing a sunny spot which he carefully cleared of grass and weeds, and pouring water on it, beat it, till it was as hard as a barn-floor in the north. The ploughs, whose rough workmanship Virgil describes, lay useless beside the tilth, now filled with the rising corn: the primroses84 had faded; but one began to scent85 the myrtle on the mountains; the innumerable fireflies, loving the green wheat, made a second heaven of twinkling stars upon a verdant86 floor, or, darting87 among the olive copses, formed a fairy scene of the sweet Italian night; the soft-eyed oxen reposed88 in their stalls; and the flowers of the chestnuts89 and olives had given place to the young, half-formed fruit. This is the season that man has ever chosen for the destruction of his fellow-creatures, to make the brooks91 run blood, the air, filled with the carolling of happy birds, to echo also to the groans92 and shrieks93 of the dying, and the blue and serene94 heaven to become tainted95 with the dew which the unburied corpse96 exhales97; winter were Bellona’s fitting mate; but, no; she hangs about the neck of summer, who would fain shake her off, as might well be expected for so quarrelsome a bride.
Castruccio now possessed98 the whole territory of Lucca and several other circumjacent provinces, in peace and obedience99. But his eyes were always turned towards Florence; and his most ardent100 wish was to humble101, if not possess himself of, that city. He made another step towards it during the summer. The abbot of Pacciana got by popular favour entire power in Pistoia; he used this in behalf of Castruccio, turning out the Florentine ambassadors, and giving up to the prince of Lucca many of the strong-holds and towers of the Pistoian territory. Castruccio was possessed of the fortresses102 placed on the mountain which overlooked the town, where he hovered, like a hawk104 over his prey105, ready to pounce106, delaying only for the destined107 minute.
During this summer also he conceived some hopes of taking Pisa. The head of the government there, who reigned108 entirely109 through the affections of the people, suddenly offended his masters; he was decapitated; and the various parties in the town, running to arms, entered into a bloody110 warfare111. At this moment Castruccio appeared with his army on the hill of St. Giuliano: this sight pacified112 the combatants; they elected a new lord, and turned their powers towards resisting the common enemy. Castruccio retreated to Lucca; but he was so moved by the overthrow113 of the Pisan chief, that, resolving to trust no more, as he had hitherto done, to the affections of his people, he erected114 in the same year a strong fortress103 within the walls of his city, which he called Agosta. He spared no expense or labour in it; and it was considered by all as the most magnificent work of those days: it was situated115 in that part of the town which looks towards Pisa, surrounded by a strong and high wall, and fortified116 by thirty towers. The inhabitants of a whole quarter were turned out of their dwellings117, to make room for this new symbol of tyranny; and here he, his family, and followers118, lived in proud security.
Towards the end of the month of June, Euthanasia, who had hitherto been occupied in attending to the sorrows of Beatrice, received information, that one of her most valued Florentine friends was dangerously ill, and earnestly desired her attendance. She mentioned this to her guest; and Beatrice, ever variable, was then in a docile mood. She had long listened with deep and earnest faith to the lessons of Padre Lanfranco, the confessor of the convent to which she was about to retire. It would seem that this old man humoured warily119 and wisely her disturbed understanding; for she appeared at peace with herself and others: if she now wept, she did not accuse, as she had before done, Him who had created the fountain of her tears.
“Go, kind friend,” said she to Euthanasia; “go; but return again. Remember, I claim your companionship, until I take the veil, — then you are free. Methinks, I should like to be left now in utter solitude; I could commune more intensely with the hopes and heavenly gifts that I entertain. Go; blessed spirit of Good, guardian120 Angel of poor Beatrice, poor in all but gratitude121, — you shall not see your work marred122 on your return; you will still find me the good, obedient child, which I have been, now, I think, for more than a month.”
Euthanasia left her with pain, and with a mournful presentiment123; but, as all wore the aspect of peace, she thought herself bound to obey the voice of friendship, and to see, perhaps for the last time, one who had been the friend and companion of her early youth; and she departed for Florence. There were for her too many associations allied124 to the Val di Nievole, to permit her to choose that route. Besides Castruccio’s army occupied the passes, and she feared to meet him. She accordingly went round by Pisa. Nothing could be more beautiful than the country; the low Pisan hills covered with chestnut90 and olive woods, interspersed125 with darker patches of pine and cork126 (while, among all, the cypresses127 raised their tapering128 spires), and, crowned by castles and towers, bounded in a plain of unparalleled fertility. The corn was cutting, and the song of the reapers129 kept time as it were with the noisy cicale in the olive trees, and the chirping130 birds. Peace, for the first time for several years, sat brooding with outspread wings over the land; and underneath131 their blessed shade sprung joy and plenty.
Euthanasia arrived at Florence. She found her friend recovered; but all her acquaintance, who had eagerly expected her arrival, were much disappointed when they heard that it was her intention to return to Lucca. She however both loved and pitied Beatrice too much, to be wanting in any of the duties of friendship towards her. After a month’s residence in her natal132 and beloved city, she again departed from Florence. In the mean time what had become of the ill-fated prophetess?
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cavern
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complexion
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counterfeits
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hypocrisy
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bosoms
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consolation
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lamented
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cloister
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