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! !'il- i~ tit conquest VI MS l'ittlN
cousin S!louil rrqrirr.
Hr il um,lrr~tuu,l. Madame tie Srnnr-
! p"nt did nnt remain inactive. Every
lhiny hat she could ,lu that her niece
/ nigh, love her son, she tried. Alone
I with Mad 'nuiScllr ,lc Saiul-lIrrrm. she
/ c 'a~cd lot her rulnuics of Albert.
+ But i> ii. indeed. very certain that
+ men Wit lHou, faults are always to the
/ taste of Young girls:
/ Crrtaillv. Malcmoisclle dc Saint
I Herein hal some affection for Albert.
+ him ;iS one does Tie son Of ones aunt
/ the nephew of ones father But that
was all.
And. with no suspicion of the pro-
! jrctS OF Madame dc Senncpont and
/ Albert. she made her cousin the conf
/ ,lant Of her dreams He was obliged
| to listen to the most romantic conies-
sions OF the Young girl She ingenu-
ouslv declared to him that she would
/ be happy to marry Il man who would
carry her oil. rs they do in all the tales
ofchivalrv.
| But consider. cousin. cried Albert.
''Such things are not done now! \
Young GIRL who allows herself to be
carried off dishonors her family, and is
no longer received 10y society anywhere.
And, besides. there is, in our time. no
| hero who comes. lance in hand, to take
possession o: a young girl, and carry
her away Oh a fiery charger.
"Who knows" replied Madcmoisele
de Saint-TIcrcm. "In any case, will
have my adventure. Don't talk to me
oi a commonplace marriage, OF a can,li-
date who would come. citizrn-likc. to
ask my father for the hand of Made
moiSpilr his daughter, Oh. wait. |
read. the ot her day, the story of n So
cir1y woman WHO, while on a walk
found herself suddenly among brigands.
ThrSa wretches made ready to despoil
her of her Jewels: suddenly the chief of
the brigands appeared; he was 4 gen
through calamity. Ptrceiving the
young woman, he recognized her, for
he had often met her in drawing rooms
in former times He threw himself at
her feet, asked her pardon, and had her
set at liberty: hut-see how well all
Things arrange themselves, This gen
tleman was the very one whom the
young woman had loved; and, seeing
him again she felt her passion reawakcn;
she then extended her hand to the
young man. and confessed to him her
love, and they were married. Say!
isn't that fine, that
But you do not think of it, cousin.
Marry highway robber That is all
right in romances: in reality, when one
meets a chief OF hrigands, even should
he be Il gentleman. one has him arrested
by the gendarmes.
"Oh. how humlrum You are, cousin
mine. With You. one cannot soar
above the commonplaccs of life. 1t is
sad,''
''Many thanks, cousin!''
IL am frank SO much the worse if
YOU are wounded. But. repeat, |
shall marry only the man who shall
make himself worthy Of my considera-
ton hy an act cNcrlliny the common
place of life, who shall enter into my
existence bv an audacious stroke. an
energetic exploit. If any one wishes
to have me. he must prove TO me that
he stops ut nothing to win me"
The devil. thought Albert. How
ever, | cannot throw her into the water
and Jump i'll after her, to save her.
First, cold baths are harmful to my
health: second, | cannot swim. must
make theatrical stroke. skilfullv pre-
pared. in which shall have nothing to
risk. and which. nevertheless will give
me the appearance of an opera-hero.
\ very romantic episode. night, light
nings, thunder, brigands-in,jest, and |
myself arriving Just in time to rescue
the princess i'll danger. the princess
| is my cousin. An affair OF that kind
might he brought about, after all