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snoe. but IN spite Of all this there is still
demand for more.
M Doumic'a first care IL TO call atten-
tion 10 the special phenomenon which az
plpins the problem of her destiny. her
hsredity. % rather the radical and viO-
Int contrast u her paternal and ma
ternal hsredity On her fathers side
aha was an aristOcrat and related 20
rsigning houses An ancestor on her
fathar's eide vas Augustus II. King Of
Poland. the lover ~ the beautifui Countess
AmOrn Won Konigsmark. their son.
George Sands Kroat-grandfatheT. bsing
the brilliant Maurice de SAKE. His dAugh-
ter BY q yoiing actress was eventually
recognized by him. and vas George
Eand's grandmother She was married
frat 20 Count de Horn. an illegitimate
sun of Lotia Xv. and afterWard 10 an
elderly noblsman. Dupln De Francueil;
and the son Of this last union. Maurioe
Dupin. was the writer's father. A. NJ.
Doumic remarks. the astonishing part Of
this series % adventures IL that Marie
Auroue de SaXs. the authors grand
mother. should have been the enhnenily
reapectable woman she was. On the
mothers side Lacile Amandine Aurnre
Dupin CGeOrgs SandD helOnged TO the
people Her mother was sophie Marie
Delaborde. milliner. the Erandchild oi a
bird seller on The Quai des Oiseaux. who
kept a public house. and she was the
Ereat-granddaughter of the notorious
Mere ClOquar' Grandmother Dupin was
a typical elegant woman of the latter
half u the eighteenth century. very
well educated and refined When she mar
ried Dupin he vas o., exactly double her
age, hut. as she was wont TO say TO her
granddaughter. -No one was ever old In
those days Il was the Revolution that
Wrought old age into the world
IN the Revolution she was impris-
oned In the Convent des AnGlaisss. and
On leaving prison she settled AZ Nohsnt.
IN Berry. an estate which ahs had recently
bought. and Il was there that her grand
daughter remembered her in her early
days. The mother was a complete con-
trast 10 this woman Of race and culture:
she was the most ordinary typs of the
woman from the people. Rery. violent.
with no more idea of conventional morals
then had prevailed on the arstocratic
aide of the family Oddly enough she
was imprisoned In the Convent des An
Elalsss az about the sane time az Maurice
de- SaKss daughter Il was in thia way
that tie fusion Of the classes was under
stood under the Terror She began her
career. also by a coincidence. in the thea
ire a. a fgurante. Maurice Dupin had
considerable dificnlty in obtaining his
mothers consent 10 the marriage. NJ
Doumic gives a description u the type
as personiied in this sophie YictOire
6he yaa very religious Withal and would
on no account have missed attending
mass She was quick tempered. jealous.
hut never bore any malice and wished
no BARN 10 those she had insulted She
was sentimental. but more passionate
than tender. and quickly forgot those
whom she had loved most fondly There
sssmsd tO bs Eaps IN her memory and also
IN her conscience She knew nothing
either Of literature or Of the usages Of
pocisty. She had a great deal Of natural
Wit and all the impgdsncs Of the street
arab and could he very amusing on
the subject ~ -ths old COuntssses- who
visited her mother-in-law
Such were the violently contrasted
strains Of blood and Of personal influence
under which the little Aurore was reared
A. long a. her father lived she was with
her parents In Paris. After that she was
moFe with her grandmother In tho coun-
cry. The two women naturally did not
get on well together at any time. The
sole MARKED trait in the ohilds char
RcteT At this date was a great tendency
90 nsverie. For long hours she would
remain alone. mOtionlsss. gazing into
apace People were anxious about her
when they saw her looking 10 stupid.
hut her n0her always aaid -DO not
~ alarmed She is always rlminatinR
ab0It something- She came 20 know
svery nook Of the countrywide. every
peasant. every legend. custom. every
local expression and unusual word. A.
the antagOnism of the two mothers in
creased there were painful episodes.
which affected the childs development
Ia the first place her intelligence became
move keen through this duality. Rhe soon
reckonsd up the two women and her sen
sitiveness was increased and the immense
power n sympathy within her was in a
sense determined Matters came % a
.r,s,s N 1877. when Aurore -ss - years of
age. Her grandmother. after a stroke of
paralysis. became anxious Tor Aurors's
future. and in her desire TO keep her from
th" influence n the mother. whom ahs
passionat''iy loved. told the child the truth
aiout that mothers mnseF and char
acter. The effect was terrific and the
ligirl fen h dsiiverancs tO hs ssnt away
- q convent. the very convent where
grandmother and mother had hssn i'm
prisoned. m II was In vOgue az tho time
The convent opened another world nf
Esntimsnt that ~ OhFhuatan emotion.
" hsr soul which was naturally rsIigious
Eater IN. when her faith left her. the s.n-
tirneni remained and this rsKrioaitv
~ Christian form vas essential N Georrs
Eand. Ons = he rraiilta alsn n ths thy..
yeafa convent life ami the nerupioacitv