"Her former trials had been sharp agony and strong excitement. Her present had neither the one nor the other; yet it was fraught with as heavy suffering, as any that had gone before it; even though she knew not, guessed not, _all_ that depended upon her conversion. It would have been comparatively easy to have endured, for her faith's sake, harshness and contempt; in such a case, self-respect rises to sustain us, and we value our own tenets the more, from their startling contrast with those which could command the cruelty we endure; but Father Denis used harshness neither of manner nor of words."
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Grace Aguilar
Grace Aguilar (June 1816 – 16 September 1847) was an English novelist and writer on Jewish history and religion. She was born in Hackney, London, of Jewish parents of Portuguese descent.
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