The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-09
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CHAPTER VIII.

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CHAPTER VIII.
On the evening of this same day, imme-
diately after leaving the dinner table, Ange-
lane complained of not being at all well,
and went up at once to her room. The agi-
tation and excitement of the morning, her
struggles against her true self, had quite
exhausted her. She made haste to go to
bed, and covering her head with the sheet,
with a desperate feeling Of disappearing
forever if she could, again the tears came to
her relief.
The hours passed slowly, and soon it was
uressive quiet of which entered through the
window, which had been left wide open. In
the dark heavens glistened a multitude of
stars. 1t must have been nearly II o'clock,
and the moon, already grown quite thin in
its last quarter, would not rise until mid
night.
And in the obscure chamber, AngeliQue
still wept nervously flow of inexhaustible
tears, seemingly without reason, when a
slight noise at her door caused her to lift up
her head.
There was short silence, when a voice
called her tenderly;
"Angelique - Angelique - my darling
child. "
She recognized the voice of Hubertine.
Without doubt the latter in her room with
her husband had Just heard the distant
sound of sobbing, and anxious, balf-un-
dressed, she had come upstairs TO find out
what was the matter with her daughter.
"Angelique, are you i'll, my deara"
Retaining her breath, the young girl made
ba did 1ot xufch To ha L ind
but her one absorbing idea at this moment
was of solitude To be alone was the only
possible alienation of her trouble A word
Of conso.stion, = caress, even from her
,lsdner, would have distressed her. She
imagined that she saw her standing at the
other side of the door, and from the delicacv
OF bhe rlstling movement on the tiled floor
she thought she must be barefooted. Two
or three minutes passed, and she knew the
hind watcher had not left her place.
but that STOPPING and holding with her
beautiful hands the clothing so carelessly
thrown over. her, she still listened at the key
hole.
Hubertine, hearing nothing more, not
even a sigh, did not like to call again. She
was very sslro that she had heard sobs; but
if the child had at last been able to sleep,
what good would 1t DO TO awaken her? She
waited, however. another moment, troubled
by ehe thought OF grief which her daugh-
ter hid from her. confusedly imagin ing
what it might be from the tender emotion
with which her heart seemed filled from
sympathy. At last she concluded to go
down as she had come up, quietly, her
hands being so familiar with every turning
that she needed no candle, and leaving be-
hind her no other sound than the soft light
touch of her bare feet
Then sitting up in bed, Angeique in her
turn listened. So profound was the outward
silence, that she could clearly distinguish
the slight pressure of the heel on the edge
) of each step of the stairway. At the foot,
81 the door of the chamber was opened, then
closed again. alterward, she heard a
Xscarcely distinct murmur, an affectionate,
yet sad blending of voices in a half whis-
per; no doubt it was what her father and
mother were saying of her; the fears and
the hopes they had in regard to her. For a
long time that continued, although they
must have put out their light and gone to
bed.
Never before had any night sounds in
his old house mounted in this way to her
Rrs. Ordinarily, she slept the heavy,
ra Dquil sleep Of youth; she heard nothing
hatever after placing her head upon her
How; whilst now, in the wakefulness
Rused by the inner combat against an al
host overpowering sentiment of affection
hich she was determined to conquer, it
bison with her. that it was also in love and
hourned like herself. Were not the HUI
Erts, too, sad, as they stifed their tears and
bought of the child they had lost long ago,
hose place alasl had never been filled? She
new nothing of this in reality, but she had
sensation IN this warm night, of the watch
her parents below her, and of the disap-
ointment in their lives, which they could
ot forget, Notwithstanding their great love
each Othpr which ALWAYS fresh
when they were young.
Whilst she was seated in this way, listen
Pc in the house that trembled and sighed,
lngelque lost all self-control, and again the
EARS rolled down her face, silently, but
warm and living, as if they we're her LIES
lood. One question above all others had
roubled her since the early morning and
having sent away Felicien in de-
I pair, stabbed to the heart by her GOODNESS,
md with the thought that she did not love
llms She knew that she did love him, yet
he had willingly caused him to suffer, and
low in her turn she was suffering intensely
" ny should there be SO much pain con-
hected with love2 Did the saints wish for
esrss Could it be that Agnes her guar
ian angel, was angry in the knowledge
nat she as happys Now. for the first time,
pms. was distracted by a doubt. Before this
Whenever she thought of the hero she
awaited, and who must come sooner or
later, she had arranged everything much
more satisfactorily. When the right time
arrived ne was to enter her very room,
Where she would Immediately recognize and
welcome him, when they would both go
away together, to be united for evermore.
but how different was the reality He had
come aud, instead Of what she had foreseen,
.helr meeting was most unsatisfactory
ucy were equally unhappy, and were eter-
naIl separated. To what PURPOSE Why
nad this result come to passa Who had
exacted from her 80 strange a VOW, that al
though he might be very dear to her, she
was never to let him know it2
But yet again, Angelique was especially
gi1eVed from the fear that she might have
TDsen Dad and doue some very wrong thing.
Lerhaps the original sin that was in her
uaa manifested Itself again as when she was
auttle grill She thought over all her acts
oi prete .'ded indifference the mocking air
mith which she had received Felicien, and
Sne malicious pleasure she took in giving
Nun MN a false idea Of horself. And tho aston
isnlloat at wnat she had dore, added TO a
SoSuGg ienclsv for her cruelty, increased
az distress. NV, ler whole heart was