At length, about three o'clock, as the first glimmer of dawn became visible
through the barred casements of the round-house, the rattling of bolts and chains
at the outer door told that some one was admitted. “What else did Michelle say?”
“She said that the guy was all broken up about it, that
he had another woman on the side or something. “My word holds,” she said. Part 7
That was two days before Christmas Eve. His statement was treated with derision. “No thanks. The wine was
sweetened with cinnamon and cloves and rare edible
flowers, which her father had instructed her not to drink
excessively of. The charm of innocence breathes around her, as fragrance is diffused
by the flower, sanctifying her lightest thought and action, and shielding her, like
a spell, from the approach of evil. ”
This couplet sprang into her mind from nowhere, and immediately begot an
endless series of similar couplets that she began to compose and address to
Capes. They rose as
she approached. He seemed to do ten things before she could think to do one, to leap upon her
and take possession. Fate! You are so frank so splendid!
“I’m taking this calmly now,” he said, almost as if he apologized, “because
I’m a little stunned. ’
To his intense satisfaction, mademoiselle burst into laughter. We,
ourselves, are scarcely the same we were twelve years ago.
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