Essays on Life 



have buried Oropa hundreds of feet deep, 

 some one sinking a well or making a railway- 

 cutting will unearth these chapels, and will 

 believe them to have been houses, and to 

 contain the exuvice of the living forms that 

 tenanted them. In the meantime, however, 

 let us return to a consideration of the chapel 

 as it may now be seen by any one who cares 

 to pass that way. 



The work consists of about forty figures in 

 all, not counting Cupids, and is divided into 

 four main divisions. First, there is the large 

 public sitting-room or drawing-room of the 

 College, where the elder young ladies are 

 engaged in various elegant employments. 

 Three, at a table to the left, are making a 

 mitre for the Bishop, as may be seen from the 

 model on the table. Some are merely spin- 

 ning or about to spin. One young lady, 

 sitting rather apart from the others, is doing 

 an elaborate piece of needlework at a tambour- 

 frame near the window ; others are making 

 lace or slippers, probably for the new curate ; 

 another is struggling with a letter, or perhaps 

 a theme, which seems to be giving her a good 



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