Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-12-12

afraid"
well, then" said the vicomtess,
laughing, 81 will give you a rendez-
vous for tomorrow"
She went to her little writing-desk
and wrote a short note:
my Dear wish to see you alone
for an instant; | am charged with
something for you. Tomorrow morn
ing at ten o'clock / will knock at your
door.
Tenderly,
Elise.
She gave the note TO Pierrepont
and told him that she would meet him
in an avenue of the park des Genets
upon the morrow, after her interview
v 18th Beatrice.
Hardly had he entered the chateau
when Pierrepont had the message
taken to eBatrice, who was then dress
ing for dinner. She read it hastily,
and at first there seemed nothing IN
usual about it-nothing that dist1n-
| g11ished it from the slight correspond
cnce that they exchanged nearly
every day. When at evening Pierre
asked her if she had received the
note that he had brought her from
Nine. d'Aymaret, she was struck by
his air of embarrassment and trouble
at her glance.
"Haye you been at the house OF
| Nine. d'Aymaret today?" she asked.
Eyes; we even had very long con-
I yersation together, and very interest
ing one, too" -.
"Ah." she said, land about what %
about you"
She said nothing, but slowly walked
AWAY. She was almost overcome. She
was suddenly struck with a PRESENT.
rnent of the truth. It seemed to her
that she had been suddenly crossed
by a light that dazed her.
The hardest task that Beatrice had
TO perform for Nine. de Montaurou
was to read to her in Intervening and
sometimes during the night, to put
her to sleep Having done this, she
would then go to sleep herself when
she could. Upon that night she coulo
not She passed the long hours unit
daybreak in reading and re-readIne
and bordering over the note OF Mme
d'Aymaret-to convince herself, A1Iit
by little, that she was going TO De SUI
mitted to a terrible trial, Of which the
comminatory speech of Nine. de NOR
tauron had several days before mao
her feel the first misery. It was theI
true The only man who had for many
years held a place in her heart-"d'
going-against all hope-to ask ina
, hand which was burning to be place.
, in his-and she was going to be con
strained to refuse MIN, under penalt!
of being lacking in her sacred duties
of honor and conscience. not only 10
ward herself, but also toward NM
Was it not possible that she wa
wrong that in marrying him she Woul'
ruin him? To tell him why she re
fused: to give him, at least, and u
give herself, also that consolation, sh
} could not without forgetting her non
or. and besides, without forcing hin
= whom she loved to brave, as poi1
- Of honor, family quarrel OF which n
would infallibly be the victim.
4 In her distress, her usual pfaye
? did not seem to be enough to insplr
} in her the strength demanded o Hin
= who is the source of all strength. Il
} the early morning she left the chatea
and in the rosy morning light went I
> the parish church. whose steeple Jus
= neeped over the crest OF the WOOD
t | that hour the church was deserted
( She Frustrated herself upon the ste
i before the halustrade Of the altar, CRY
ing and praying with the hopeful Tel
vor of a martyr who is ready lot 81
+ irene sacrifice In returning, as sh
nassed along the bank of the river Ill
der the arching OF the trees, SD
y kneeled upon the bank, dampened ne
= handkerchief in the water, and for
u long time bathed her eyes to ehac
; the trace of her tears.
Two hours later Nine dAymaret Ell
= tered her room, her eyes sparkling
!. They embraced each other as was GU
; | tOmaTY. luSu btdLAiSS AAAhSA AA~o -
y with a sort of precipitation:
: well, it is singular!" said sn'
o when / received your note last ever
I ing was just going to write you M
n self asking you to come this mornlni
% T have a favor TO ask of you"
% "a favor?" repeated Nine. IA
"a maret seating herself by her side.
At yes. You know personally do 20
~ not. the cure of Saint?
+ She named one OF the great ps
~ ishes of Paris.
IN The able D.? Certainly, he is n
sc confessor."
a 81 believe ne is the superior OF u
" Carme!ifes of the Rue d'Enfer
p Yes l believe So"
N You will be so kind as TO W.T.
him two words of preface TO recoL
mend me TO his kindness? l Won
it place myself in communication WI
it him.
The face of Nine. d'Aynaret Vi
y. altered. and she interrogated Bel
RS rice with an unquiet look
IA You dc not think that perchance'
nd said she. hesitatingiy.