The Curse Upon Mitre Square — page 38: what you’re looking at

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30 | THE CURSE UPON MITRE SQUARE. The victory of evil passion in Martin’s strong character at first deadened in him every right feeling, and led him to gloat over the thought of leaving the monastery, and elopiig with the woman whom he loved with a fierceness only possible in a man of such passionate temperament. He longed for the week to pass and the day to arrive when he was again to meet her. Should he achieve his pur- pose then, and quit the monastery and the restraint now so loathsome to him? ‘The conflicting emotion being silenced, outwardly Martin was calm, greatly to the delight of the Prior, who thought his pupil had recovered from an illness, and considering that the time had now come for him to resume his duties, placed him under the instruction of Father Anselm. This was the oldest monk in the monastery, and by far the ablest. With a kindness equalling that of Handcock, he possessed a keen intellect, a great knowledge of character, and a vast experience of the world. Had Martin been placed under this holy father from the first, 1t is probable that his difficul- ties and temptations would have been foreseen and danger warded off; but now it was too late; a fiend possessed his soul and held it with an iron grip. That sense of quiet following a decision even to sin, which Martin had felt, left him under the saint- like eloquence and charity of Father Anselm. ‘This holy man discovered the peculiar temperament of his pupil, and with a fire and genius equal to -Martin’s, and a tact gained from experience and knowl:dge of the passions of men, he poured forth comicbooks.com —