The sun., 1908-04-26


! Of Orleans undertook 10 pay her COS franc
annually for the rest Of her life. The capitS
} required for the purchase Of this life an
nuity may have been supplied by Mime. d
Dehand. With the stipend Of 800 iraucs
year inherited from her mother julie
spending money must have amounted I
about t2i5 year. Every penny Of thi
meagre income was needed for clothes, 70
she was one Of those persons who repa.
careful dressing.
Her figure was singularly graceful, ant
her face, though by her own admission
never regularly pretty, might fairly at thi
early period Of her life be called charming
A portrait by Carmontelle shows her a. sht
was while still in the bloom Of youth and
before smallpox, the dire disease by which
one woman in every four was then per
manently dishgured had cot its mark upor
her. Speaking Of this portrait the biog'
rapher observes that her dark brown hair
concealed according 10 the universal custom
OF the time beneath layer Of powder, il
arranged In one Of the pleasing and uneI-
aggerated ooiffures worn at the period and
not succeeded until ITO by the towering
structures which made kneeling on the car
riage floor compulsory iop ladies in full
dress. The details are added that 'hsr
eyes are large and dark, and the tip tilted
nose imparts q certain shade Of piquancy
TO her thoughtful and intelligent face All
eye witnesses agree, however, that the
special attraotiveness Of her appearance
lay In her expression Though not actu-
ally beautiful you are distinguished looking
and attract attention. wrote President
1 Henault. To the same effect wrote the
] cold and reserved D'Alembert: what
should say Of your appearance is only what
seems TO strike everybody, namely, that
your whole bearing is most graceful and
distinguished, and that you have much
mind and expression in all your features
! seems far preferable 10 mere soullesS
beauty Her faithless lover, Guibert, was
also TO testify: THAT which preeminently
distinguished her was the supreme charm
without which beauty can only attain 70
mere lifeless perfection, namely, express
sion. Hers had no particular characteristic;
II combined them all, 80 that you could not
precisely say that II was either witty or
lively or sweet or dignihed or humorous
or gracious The admiration, however,
attracted by jules appearance was slight
compared with that bestowed on her man.
ner and conversation. The exquisite circle
which eventually had gathered around Nine.
du Detand and which comprised the fine
flower OF Partisan intellect and breeding
could not sufficiently express astonishment
at the ease with which the young rustic,
as though TO the manner born, at once be-
came one Of themselv
The relations betweeh Julie de Lespnasse
and her patronees continued for some years
to be highly creditable 10 both The girl
had certainly some hardships to endure.
but the congenial and appreciatlve atmos-
phere in which she found herself made them
at first seem light In comparison with her
miserable experiences In her father chateau
at Champrond. On her side she spared no
trouble to please the people who received
her so kindly and above all the beneiaotress
who had brought her into their circle. There
is no doubt that she won appreciation from
the most fastidious Of Nine. du Defiand's
friends, and she was no less successful In
conciliating the servants Of the household,
an achievement involving greater difficult
ties. To Nine. du Dehand, on her part,
must be conceded the honor which Is her
due She displayed at first no resentment.
but rather satisfaction, at the favor won by
Julie from some Of her oldest friends, both
male and female. When a younger ad-
mirer appeared on the scene. her behavior
seems TO have been on the whole not un-
worthy Of a conscientious guardian; though
1t Ia undoubtedly from this incident which
took place when they had lived together
for three or four years that must be dated
the first perceptible straining OF the rela-
tions between the aunt and niece The hero
Of this first love affair was descended from
a noble and ancient Irish family, which still
exists, its head, Viscount Taane, being set
tied in Austria NJ. Taahe was in the
habit OF paying long visits to Paris and like
many other distinguished foreigners. be-
came for a time regular attendant at the
salon Of Nine. du Defand. His appearance
marked a momentous epoch In the expert
ence Of Julie de Lespinasse
II we except D'Alembert OF whose silent
devotion she was perhaps scarcely con.
scious. her admirers hitherto had all been
elderly men, and II had never occurred to
her to take any Of them seriously. The
feeling with which she inspired the new
conner was Of a warmer kind and was by
her fully reciprocated, and Nine. du Defand
suddenly awoke to the fact that flourish
ing romance was In progress beneath her
roof. That she should have strongly OBJ
jected TO the affair was natural enough. |
1t was not impossible that TaAne had al
ready a wife in Ireland. and the gallant
Irishmans fortune probably consisted |
mainly Of debts. In view Of jules almost |
penniless condition II was altogether un-
likely that the courtship could result in |
and Nine. du DefTand, with her |
hard won knowledge of the seamy side Of |
life, Ia not to be blamed for desiring in her |
niece's interest TO put an end TO It.. OF |
the two persons mainly concerned tho |
gentleman received her remonstrances with |
a docility which proves that he was at
heart convinced OF their reasonableness.
The position which Julie took was different. |
Instead Of promising compliance with the
grave admonitions Of her patroness she
broke out into protest with vehemence
which dismayed the elder woman, by whom
the potentialities Of passion hidden beneath
a surface Of consunmate tact and self-con-
troll had hitherto perhaps been unsus-
pected Finding argument and reason un-
availing, Nine. du Defand had recourse to
authority and peremptorily forbade the