Héloïse

Héloïse, it would seem, made extraordinary attainments, and spoke Latin as well as her native tongue.

The soul of Héloïse panted for a greater intellectual freedom and a deeper sympathy than these priests could give.

He intrusted Héloïse to his care, with permission to use blows if they were necessary to make her diligent and obedient!

Such was the blended truth, irony, and wit with which Héloïse dissuaded Abélard from open marriage.

Héloïse survived him twenty years,--a priestess of God, a mourner at the tomb of Abélard.