The Litchfield County post. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1826-1829, 1828-09-18

remain ~ your own apartment untH SenO
Cor you. Go, say, Mademoiselle Reg
nault )" and the laughing girl blowing hin
kiss, ran out the room"
'I cannot" thought the Comte wher
alone, "write to Young Henri--in fact, the
young man has behaved with an uncOmmor
degree of honor and prudence; but''-anG
be paused for awhile, 81 am told his moth
er has vast influence over him, and per-
haps I may have chance with her."
A note, written with due official haste
and ELIGIBILITY, was the consequence OF
this determination. 1t said, in terms the
most tremendously polite, yet, lat the same
time, in effect the most severely laconic,
that the great man wanted to see the poor
woman. cat ten minutes past one, or
eighteen minutes past three, today, shall
have the honour of being disengaged for
you, Madame, on both occasions, for ten
minutes. shall not permit myself the
pleasure of further intruding on your valu-
able time"
At ten minutes past one-not second
sooner, nor a second later-Madame de
Feuillars was announced at the Comics.
The official man had been disengaged to
the moment-and two seconds past ten
minutes after one o'clock, Madame de
Feuillars was in the Comte's library.
She was woman who had retained ma
ny traits of conspicuous beauty, but she
was wan and wasted. A tenderness of
sight had compelled her to disfgure her
features with green shade. The humil-
ity of her circumstances had cast an air Of
submission over all her actions. The
poor, the unpretending, the unrepining
Madame de Feuillars seemed born for pow
erty.
The Comte had never seen the mother
of his daughters painting-master before
but from what he had heard, was deeply
impressed with respect for her character.
He handed her to chair.
alt is unpleasant, Madame, said he, ''to
say any thing which, directly or indirectly
may seem derogatory to worthy, clev-
er, and beloved son. Ask me any tribute
ofrespect to the genius, or the goodness Of
heart and conduct ofyour Henri, as far as
I have had an opportunity Of becoming &C
quainted with them, and | shall be most
happy to give it. But, Madame, l have
discovered, by one means or another, that
he has abused the opportunities-No, |
will not use so hard a word as that-that
he and Paul-Mademoiselle de Regnault
have been so foolish as to-to-to-you
UNDERSTANDINGS to talk that nonsense to
one another which young people some-
times talk, without considering the differ
ence of station-the ways of the world.
You understand me Madame"
81 do, Sir" said the quiet lady. He
started-God knows at what; and contin-
ued.
IL do not mean to offend, not the least;
indsed, quite the contrary. Your son is
really very clever young gentleman, as
the world knows-a very honorable young
gentleman, as l know-no matter how
But you will admit, Madame, l ought not
to allow so ill-mated a courtship to 60 on.
= You know, Madame, that the thing can
not be-"
~ do, Sir" responded the lady, as
humbly as before.
Something made the Comte start again;
and he then continued:
II have taken the liberty-the very
graat liberty, Madame, of sending for you,
in order to request your acquieseence in a
plan of mine. He loves his mother: it is
an honour to him that he does so. She is
alady we'll deserving oflove."
There was no gallantry in this.as it was
said and yet the lady did bride up a lit
tie. u,
sand if you could suggest to him that a
journey to Rome, there to perfect himself
in his art, would be advantageous, 10000
francs a year should be at his service, and
I2,5OO to fit him out for the journey. You
can perceive, Madame, that consult the
/. interest of your son.
~ do, Sir" said the lady.
The Comte fouted little at the repe-
tition of the phrase; and thinking that a
rougher tone would perhaps answer bet
ser, changed his manner.
"Madame de Feuillars, shall not dis
semble that I propose the plan as much
for the good of my daughter as for that of
your son. But, Madame, if you do no.,
acquiesce in my view of the business,
must adopt very different method. You
are woman, who, / suppose, has seen
the world; and when / tell you that l
have detected correspondence between
Mons Henri and nav vonnu ladv I have