minine mind to bolster his own,
but Madame and he did not mix. In her autobiography she hesitates about
actually condemning Bossuet, but describes him as short and fat, so it
looks as if she were human, too, since what repelled her were his
physical characteristics.

When a woman describes a man she always begins by telling how he looks.

Madame Guyon says: "The Bishop of Meaux wished me to change my name, so
that, as he said, it should not be known I was in his diocese, and that
people should not torment him on my account. The project was the finest
in the world, if he could have kept a secret; but he told everybody he
saw that I was in such a convent, under such a name. Immediately, from
all sides, anonymous libels against me were sent to the Mother Superior
and the nuns."

With Fenelon, it was very different. Her heart went out to him: he was
the greatest man she had ever seen--greater even than Father La Combe.

Fenelon's first interview with Madame Guyon was simply in an official
way, but her interest in him was very personal. This is evidenced from
her brief, but very fervent, mention of the incident:

Having been visited by the Abbe de Fenelon, I was suddenly with
extreme force and sweetness interested for him. It seemed to me our
Lord united him to me very intimately, more so than any one else. It
appeared to me that, as it were, a spiritual filiation took place
between him and me. The next day, I had the opportunity of seeing
him again. I felt interiorly this first interview did not satisfy
him: that he did not relish me. I experienced a something which made
me long to pour my heart into his; but I found nothing to
correspond, and this made me suffer much. In the night I suffered
extremely about him.

In the morning I saw him. We remained for some time in silence, and
the cloud cleared off a little; but it was not yet as I wished it.

I suffered for eight whole days, after which I found myself united
to him without obstacle, and from that time I find the union
increasing in a pure and ineffable manner. It seems to me that my
soul has a perfect rapport with his, and those words of David
regarding Jonathan, that "his soul clave to that of David," appeared
to me suitable for this union. Our Lord has made me understand the
great designs He has for this person, and how dear he is to Him.

The justice of God causes suffering from