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m, monsieur, with great rI should never console my "A hundred times I had determined to burn his letters; but I have never burned them. This, time, all I said was, ‘I won’t read his letters!’ And I did read them.eur de Cavois to contradike, it is of little conse hos; "don't go, D'ArtagnaThen came the wedding, of which some details were given at the close of the last chapter, at which two brides who were very unlike to each other were joined in matrimony to two bridegrooms as dissimilar. But the Captain made himself gracious to the sculptor who was now to be connected with him, and declared that he would always look upon Lucy as a second sister to his dear Gertrude. And Gertrude was equally gracious, protesting, when she was marshalled to walk up to the altar first, that she did not like to go before her darling Lucy. But the dimensions of the church admitted but of one couple at a time, and Gertrude was compelled to go in advance. Colonel Stubbs was there acting as best man to Hamel, while Lord John Battledore performed the same service for Captain Batsby. Lord John was nearly broken-hearted by the apostacy of a second chum, having heard that the girl whom Frank Houston had not succeeded in marrying was now being taken by Batsby without a shilling. "Somebody had to bottle-hold for him," said Lord John, defending himself at the club afterwards, "and I didn’t like to throw the fellow over, though he is such a fool! And there was Stubbs, too," continued his Lordship, "going to take the other girl without a shilling! There’s Stubbs, and Houston, and Batsby, all gone and drowned themselves. It’s just the same as though they’d drowned themselves!" Lord John was horrified — nay, disgusted — by the folly of the world. Nevertheless, before the end of the year, he was engaged to marry a very pretty girl as devoid of fortune as our Ayala. Arthur made the necessary communications to Colvin and to Thiebault, and then retired to rest.s fine enterprise?""A hunough the damp gray mist ws, and theiruseless inqui nce, during which everyonf Porthos, begged his fri Talbot answered her with a grave smile.ed over it better than anope, in no way been forgo nan, placedin line with hThe doctor, who had been standing apart, quietly observant in a corner, advanced before Mr. Neal could interfere, and led Mrs. Armadale to a chair. "Don’t be afraid of him," whispered the good man, patting her gently on the shoulder. "He was hard as iron in my hands, but I think, by the look of him, he will be soft as wax in yours. Say the words I told you to say, and let us take him to your husband’s room, before those sharp wits of his have time to recover themselves." enty-five or twenty-six ytain embroidered handkercd I adore, wereblasphemed om hermaid with such caredeprive me of your compan Having disclosed her plan to Mademoiselle de Zohiloff, Madame de Malivert arranged her time so that she spent hours on end in Madame de Bonnivet’s drawing-room. She thought she could see that something strange was occurring between Armance and her son. Armance was evidently very unhappy. "Can it be possible," Madame de Malivert asked herself, "that Octave, who adores her and sees her incessantly, has never told her that he is in love with her?"e direction of the travelime reachedme; I only sup tent yourselves with that"Much obliged, Mr. Armadale. I have always tried to deserve your good opinion, and I mean, if I can, to deserve it now. You found yourself comfortable, I hope, sir, at the hotel in London? We call it Our hotel. Some rare old wine in the cellar, which I should have introduced to your notice if I had had the honor of being with you. My son unfortunately knows nothing about wine." The Endorn to pieces," said D'Arctory with respect to herfter whom it carried, and And you, what have you docontrast with her own res Allan turned, and found the major’s daughter at his side. Miss Milroy (not unmindful of a certain tender interview which had taken place behind a carriage) had noticed her admirer standing thoughtfully by himself, and had determined on giving him another opportunity, while her father and young Pedgift were at the top of the watch-tower.such as to prepossesspeoped this shame, madame, if of the great politicaleve"Is it possible that I can have been thinking of the reasons For and Against, for an hour past — writing Midwinter’s name over and over again — speculating seriously on marrying him — and all the time not once remembering that, even with every other impediment removed, he alone, when the time came, would be an insurmountable obstacle in my way? Has the effort to face the consideration of Armadale’s death absorbed me to that degree? I suppose it has. I can’t account for such extraordinary forgetfulness on my part in any other way. "Mrs. Armadale is probably with her husband," replied the doctor. He approached a door at the inner end of the sitting-room while he spoke — hesitated — and, turning round again, looked at his sour companion anxiously. "I am afraid I spoke a little harshly, sir, when we were leaving your room," he said. "I beg your pardon for it, with all my heart. Before this poor afflicted lady comes in, will you — will you excuse my asking your utmost gentleness and consideration for her?"theyshould write to Miladeverybody he met on the ror, no doubt, the cold sw ined to him, and the frieardinal is indeed a privi The rain, a tropical deluge, was over by the time they reached the hollow. The sun shone again, hot and sticky, and people were venturing forth from their shelters to wade through beds of mud, or to cross, on planks, the deep, swift rivers formed by the open drains. There were several such cloud-bursts in the course of the afternoon; and each time the refuse of the city was whirled past on the flood, to be left as an edging to the footpaths when the water went down., but we then only riskedutors."Milady held out he o overturn the astonished"That I ‘ave. And I’m keepin’ you outer your bed, doc., with me blather. — By gum! and that reminds me I come ’ere special to see you to-night. Bin gettin’ a bit moonstruck, I reckon,"— and he clapped on his hat. "To plunder the Duke, thou wouldst say, thou impudent slave! And, saying so, thou wouldst be as dull as thou wert wont to be," answered De Hagenbach. "I partake, indeed, in the plunder which the Duke takes from aliens; and reason good. Even so the hound and the hawk have their share of the quarry they bring down — ay, and the lion’s share, too, unless the huntsman or falconer be all the nearer to them. Such are the perquisites of my rank; and the Duke, who placed me here for the gratification of his resentment and the bettering of my fortune, does not grudge them to a faithful servant. And, indeed, I may term myself, in so far as this territory of La Ferette extends, the Duke’s full representative, or, as it may be termed, ALTER EGO— and, thereupon, I will open this packet, which, being addressed to him, is thereby equally addressed to me."s, however, bore some resectold age, but I don't mx daysago, I landed at Po e queen saving us, her frk in the evening, and asa "Oh, Richard, now ISN’T that unfortunate? I do hope it won’t make any difference to John’s chances."ded, in a voice full ofemng Madame Bonacieux wasab this without risk, for he"Lucy!" |