The Secret of Charlotte Bronte Part 11

then he ceases to resemble the real man in the very least. M. Heger's role in life was not that of a disciple but of a Master of other people, and a very arbitrary and domineering Master too, for whom the world was his cla.s.s-room. He was under the thumb of no priest, nor spiritual director. As for Jesuitical 'cobwebs,' the notion of M. Heger caught in any cobweb is absurd!

Every one knows what happens when a b.u.mble-bee in its courses comes in contact with a cobweb. It is a mere incident in the career of the b.u.mble-bee--but it is a disaster for the cobweb.