196 CALVIN : 



whom he recognized as of his society might 

 come into the drawing-room. Calvin was fond 

 of company, but he wanted to choose it ; and I 

 have no doubt that his was an aristocratic fas 

 tidiousness rather than one of faith. It is so 

 with most people. 



The intelligence of Calvin was something phe 

 nomenal, in his rank of life. He established a 

 method of communicating his wants, and even 

 some of his sentiments ; and he could help him 

 self in many things. There was a furnace reg 

 ister in a retired room, where he used to go 

 when he wished to be alone, that he always 

 opened when he desired more heat ; but never 

 shut it, any more than he shut the door after 

 himself. He could do almost everything but 

 speak ; and you would declare sometimes that 

 you could see a pathetic longing to do that in 

 his intelligent face. I have no desire to over 

 draw his qualities, but if there was one thing in 



