Literary cadet, and Saturday evening bulletin. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1826-1827, 1826-05-20

During this agonising struggle, MoRANBERT
remained calmly seated in his arm chair; his ell
bow resting upon the table and supporting his
head. He looked on without the least emotion,
and left me the care ofrecovering her. ] said to
him repeatedly, sbut sir, she is dying. You should
call for assistance" To which he replied, smiling
and Struggling his shoulders, women have II faster
hold of life than you think. They do not die for
such tribes. II is nothing. II will soon be over.
You do not know them; they can DO with their
bodies whatever they WISH" "But tell you she is
dying" And in fact she appeared deprived of all
animation, and would have slipped off the chair
upon the floor had | not supported her. Moran
BERT now started up, and paced about the apart
ment m%uttering to himself in an impatient and i'll
hulnored tone, ~ should willingly have been ex-
cused this scene, but ! trust it will be the last
" hat the devil does this creature want? did
'ove her, It's true, but | love her 10 longer. This
she knows at present, or she never will know it
Every thing that can be said on the subject is
now said."-No sir, every thing is not said. DO
| you suppose it to he the part Of an honest man to
waste a woman's property and then abandon her?'
And what Gun do? | am as destitute as her.
self?"-"You should at least share in the misery to
which you have reduced her."-''That is an easy
thing to say, but she would not be the better for it,
and should he much the worse. '-"Would you
have acted in this manner towards a friend who
had sacrificed every thing for you?"-"A friend.a
iienu.l nave no great ldlln III lTleuusnlp, HOu al
ter this experience of passion and sentiment shall
henceforth have little to do with them ."-"I am
sorry not to have known this sooner; but is il just
that this unfortunate woman should fall a victim TO
the error Of your heart?'-"And how do you know
that a month, nay a day later, should have be-
come a victim to the error of her heart?-"Why,
all that she has done for you, and the state | now
see her III, assures me it never could have been So"
-."Oh, as to what she has done for me, | take it to
| bp tiiiV balanced nv the lose of my tIma N-Oh- Nj
NoRANBERT, how can you for a moment put in
comparison your time with all that this woman has
sacI ificed to you'll have as yet done nothing, |
have yet no hold upon the world, | am now thirty
years of age, and it is time for me to look 10 my
seifand appreciate at their Just value all these
iooleries. am only a clerk, and may be turned
adrift tomorrow should a change in the ministry
take place. The very confidence with which the
Duke de ~liICHELIEU honors me, would be a rea-
son for his successors dismissing me. And you
must know, sir, that Notwithstanding this hand
some apartment, and the fine horses you see me
ride, have not ut this moment a hundred louis in
the world" impossible, ] e%xclaimed; 81 know
that some time back you were in possession of for
ty thousand francs enough; but thinking
that from my knowledge of the minister's secrets |
might speculate safely at the bourse, | ventured the
whole and lost it. must, before six months, be-
come master Of requests, and to accomplish that, it
is necessary to forswear women, their fainting fits.
and all such like absurdities, about which have
already lost 10" much time" During his CONVEX
sation, poor Mademeiselle GELLIMERr had a lit
tie recovered herself, and on hearing the last words
she exclaimed with great sivacity, "What does he
say of the loss of his time? Did not learn two
languages for the purpose Of tightening bis labor?
have not read hundreds Of dispatches, and ,decy-
phered fora long period, upwards ofthree hundred
pages a month? have ! not written, translated, and
copied day and night for him? have | not exhausted
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blood with constant labor and application, and con-
trscted a disease which will probably never leave
me? That is the cause Of his disgust, though he
VIII not avow it; but you shall see it," As she
said this, she barred her shoulder, and showed an
eruption bearing all the marks of confirmed erysi-
pelas. here is the cause Of his desertion," said
she; ''there is the effect of the numberless nights
employed in writing for him." At this moment we
heard the noise of approaching footsteps, and a SER
want entered to say the Duke de Richelieu was
coming up stairs. MoRANBERT turned pale. |
entreated G~ELLIMERT to leave the
room. mo" said she, " shall remain and speak
to the Duke de RIcHELIEU; | shall unmask before
him this worthless being."-"And Of what use
will that be"'-"Of none,' replied she-"You are
perfectly right, and you yourself would be the first
to regret having done SO. Let US leave him to his
ingratitude; that is the only vengeance worthy Of
you."-"But not the only one he deserves" she
exclaimed, and then added, "but let us go instantly,
for | cannot answer for myself what may say or
do" Mademoiselle GELLIMERT then quickly
rushed out OF the room. followed her, and heard
the door clapped violently after us. have since
learned that strict orders had been given TO the por-
ter not to permit her TO enter the house. | return
ell with her to her lodgings, where We found DIR. G..
l.. waiting to see her. The passion which he en-
tertained for Mademoiselle GELLIMFRT was al
most as intense as that which she felt for MORAN
BERT. related to him what had taken place at
the house of the latter; and amongst the signs Of
anger, grief, and Indignation which escaped him; il
was not difficult to discover something like salts
faction at no reconciliation having taken place.
Such is mankind, even the best of the species. In
consequence of the scene here described, Made
moi.elle GELLIMERT was affected with a long and
dangerous malady, during which ths generous and
devoted Doctor watched over her more assiduously
than he would have watched over the first woman
in France. While the danger was imminent, he
slept in her chamber upon a mattress. During her
convalescence we formed plans for the employ
ment Of her time. As she understood English, and
wrote her own language with great purity and
grace, made an arrangement for her with a book
seller for some translations from English poetry,
which were executed in such a manner as left me
little to correct. showed her a little opera which
had written some years before. She remodelled
il, particularly the denourmcrf, and added n female
character full Of piquant originality. II was put
into the hands Of a composer, who unfortunately
turned out to have no genius, but a world of sci
ence, and u tolerable stock OF hatred for Rossini.-
After a long course of inevitable intriguing, ma
nGuvring, &c. the piece was brought out at the
Opera Comigue. The plot and dialogue were gen.
erally admired and praised: but thanks to the sci