"
"Nay," added the young widow Longarine, "worse than that, we shall
become ill-tempered, which is an incurable disease; for there is not one
among us but has cause to be exceeding downcast, having regard to our
several losses."
Ennasuite laughing replied--
"Every one has not lost her husband like you, and the loss of servants
need not bring despair, since others may readily be found. Nevertheless,
I too am of opinion that we should have some pleasant exercise with
which to while away the time, for otherwise we shall be dead by
to-morrow."
All the gentlemen agreed with what these ladies said, and begged Oisille
to tell them what they should do.
"My children," she replied, "you ask me for something which I find very
difficult to teach you, namely, a pastime that may deliver you from your
weariness. I have sought for such a remedy all my life and have never
found but one, which is the reading of the Holy Scriptures. In them the
mind may find that true and perfect joy from which repose and bodily
health proceed.
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