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Rh of Chalons, called the Renfermerie, where there shall be better opportunity of discovering her state and origin, and of giving her the education and instruction, of which she appears to be already capable.

this retirement, she was a great deal more wild. Those who have seen her run in the fields, say, that her manner of running was extremely singular, her step being short, but so very quick and rapid, that she could easily outstrip the swiftest man.

present she is employed in the business of the house, and she lays her hand to every thing with a good grace. Nothing appears above her strength, or disagreeable to her, from a firm persuasion, that obedience is necessary for her being admitted one day to visit the Holy Virgin her mother.

archbishop of Vienna, in passing lately by this town, desired to see her. For that purpose, she was brought by the sisters of the hospital to the governor's house. We beheld her that day, with a kind of horror, devour more than a pound and a half of raw beef, without once offering to chew it; then fall, with a sort of fury, on a young rabbit that was set before her, which she skinn'd in the twinkling of an eye,