Literary cadet, and Saturday evening bulletin. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1826-1827, 1826-11-18
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GENENIFVE.


The following affecting story is extracted from a
new work, just received at our Libraries, entitled
Diary Of an Ennu.,e:: :"
Geneyievc dc Sorbigny was the last of
noble family young, beautiful, and a
rich heiress, she seemed born TO command
ali this world could yield of happiness -
When left ali orphan, at an early age, in
stead OF being sent to Il convent, as was
thon the universal custom, she was brought
up under the care of maternal aunt, who
devoted herselfto her education, and doat-
ed on her with an almost exclusive aicc-
ton.
Geneyieve resided in the Country with
her aunt till she was about sixteen she
was then brought 70 Paris to be united to
the marquis of - it was mere mar
rage de convenancc, family arrange
mcnt entered into when she was quite
child, according to the aacieni regime aud
unfortunately for Gcncvcye, her afiianced
Bridegroom was neither young nor amia-
bic yet moro fortunately it happened, that
the marquls's cousin, the Baron de Villay,
who generally accompanied him in his Vi
sits Of ceremony, possessed all the quail
ties in which he vas deficient being young
aud slngularly handsome, "amablc,"
"spritual." While the marquis with the
good breeding Of that day, was bowling and
paylng his devoirs to the aunt of his in
tcnled (sa future y the young Baron with
equal success, but in very different style,
was Captivating the heart of the niece -
!lcr extreme beauty had charmed him at the
first glance, and her parlality, dclicately
aad inyountarily betrayed, subducd every
scruple, if he ever entertained any and
80 IN the usual course Of things, they
were soon irrctrioyably and pcrtamem in
love with each other.
Geneyioyc, to much gcntlcncss Of cha
racter, united much frmness. The pre-
paratons for the marriage went on the
trouss ;au was bought the jewels set but
the moment she was aware OF her own
sentiments, she had courage enough TO de-
clare to her aunt, that rather than give
her hand to the marquis, whom she detest-
cd past all her terms of dctestation, she
wOu!d throw herself into nunnery, and
ehdow it with her fortunc--F' Il very incon-
sderate resolution - as Edmondo obscr-
we'd charactcristicaly, "and which be-
tfayed ncr country education /; for it would
have been SO easy after her marriage TO
form an arrangement with the Baron, for
watch his relationship and his intimacy
with tn Marquis afforded tome la conmodiie
p,SjiJ'e ;" this excellent and comD,odioUs
a. Iangcment did not however occur to &C.
neyievc, who loved, for tbs first time, with
'he simplicity and dcvotcdness of a first
passion. The poor amt was thrown, by
this unexpected declaration, into the ut
most amazcment and perplrxity she was
an desespoir such thing had never been
heard OF or contemplated but the tears of
Geneyievo prevailed the marriage, after
long negotiation, was broken of, aud the
Baron appeared publicly as the sutor Of
Gsnevieve. The Marquis politely chal-
lenged his cousin, and owed his life to his
forbea ance aud the duel, and the cause
OF it, and the gallaniry and generosity of
De Villay, rendered him irresistible in the
eye of all the women in Paris, while to the
heart of Genevieve, he became dearer than
ever.
To gam the favor Of the aunt was now
the only difficulty she had ever regarded
him with ill-concealcd aversion and sus-
pision. Some mystsry hung over his cha
racter there were certain reports wbis-
pcred relative to his former life and con-
duct hich il was equally difficult TO dis
credit and to disprove. Besides, though of
distinguished family, he was poor, most