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 



