Southern planter., 1832-04-21

bracelets formed of gold aud canoes. Il n limos.
slble 70 describc the effect her appearance produc.
cd. Her entrance seemed absolutely 10 ilumine
INC room The perfect harmony in every part OF the
beautiful whole clicicd buzz Of admiration, which
was no, very complimentary TO the other ladios pres.
ent. The gentlemen all ihrongod round her, as
she advanced towards a seat which'my mother had
reserved for her; for Paulelte was particular "a.
Yori'o Of my mother, who indeed regarded her al.
most as her own child. The ladies we're all much
p'qued at the beauty aud the elegant dress Of Mad.
emoselle Buonaparie, the wife Of General Leclorc.
They whispered TO ono another but loud enough 10
he heard By Pauleite, that such an mpudent dis.
play Of extravaganza was exceedingly unbocominq
20 woman who had been almost 10 starvation only
three yean before. But these expressions of q.
male envy were speedily drowned by the admiration
otthe other sex. The beauty ofMadamo de Contn.
des was now entirely echpsod, and soon after Bfde.
Lecerc's entrance, she found hersclfabandoned by
her circle OF admirers; or if any Of them approach.
cd her, II was only to make some provoking remark
complimentary 10 the charms Of Paulste sGiyo
mo your arm said she, TO a gentleman near; and
The next moment the Diana like figure Of Madame
Coniades was seen moving across the drawing.
room, and advancing towards Madame Leclorc.
The latter had withdrawn 10 my mothers boudoir.
because she said, the heat Of the drawing and
the motion Of the dancers made her III; though /
believe the true reason was, that long sofa in tho
boudoir afforded her the opportunity OF displaying
her graceful figure and attitudes TO the best adyan,
tage. This manoeuvre, however, proved unlucky
iofhor The room " Hmall and brilliantly light
cd; t; aud as Madame L8Grc reclincd upon tho sofa.
a stream Of light descended nsIAhpon her head.
Madame de Contades looked at her atientively and
instead ofmakng anyolthe ill-notured observations
which had fallen iroI be otherladies, she first ad
mired the dress, II ythe figure, then The face.
kelurnlnga second time 70 the couture, ahe oxpa-
haied on It's tnste and elegance then suddonly turn
ing TO the gentleman on whose arm ahe was leaning,
she exclaimed, 'Ah, mon Deul mon Dioul how un.
fortunate that such pretty woman should be de-
formed! Did you never observe iif What a pity
Il is! Had these cxclamatons been uttered in the
drawing-room. Il is probable that the sound Of the
music and the dancing would have drowned Mad
anne de Contades' voice, though she generally spoke
an pretty loud tone as 4 was, every word resound-
cd Through the little boudoiT, and the scarlet which
suiused the face of Madame Leclerc was much too
deep to improve her beauty. Madame de Coniades
liked her eyes of fire on Paulotte, as Il she would
look hor through, aud the tone Of compassion il
which she uttered the words What piiyr sufi,
cenuy informed Pauleite tina, her triumph was at az
end. All this (Which perhaps have described will
rather too much prolxity) took place in the space
ofllttle more than minute; but these details are
necessary, 70 shew tho mode in which the attack wal
managed. and tho SUCCESS with which woman o
ingenuity may avenge her wounded vanity sWha
IS the matierf inquired some one who stood neal
Madame dc C0ntades Frhe matterr said she. ,Ic
you not see the two enormous ears which dishQurs
oaeh side Of her hsad3 I declare n hnd such !
pair fears, ! would havo them cut of, and will
advise Madame Leclerc TO do So There can be
no harm in advising woman TO have her ears cut
OIL. All eyes were now turned towards Madame
not as before, to admire t. but to won.
dor at the deiormity with which its beauty was dis
figured The truth is that nature must have been
m one Other most capricous moods, when she plac.
ed two such ears on the right and left Of charm.
ing face They wero merely pieces Of thin white
cartilage, almost without any curling, but this
cartilage was not enormous, as Madame dc Conta.
des saidiit was merely ugly, aud its ugliness was
the more conspicuous on account Of the beautiful
features with which It was contrasted. young
woman but little accustomed to society is easily
embarrassed; this was the case with Madame lie.
clerc when she read in the faces other surrounding
admirers the effect producedby the remarks of Mad
anne de Contades. The result Of this little scene
was, that Pauleto burst into tears, and on the plea
Of indsposition, retired before midnight"