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Well, dear boys, when Godefroid came of age, the Marquis d'Aiglemont submitted to him such an account of his trust as none of us would be likely to give a nephew; Godefroid's name was inscribed as the owner of eighteen thousand livres of rentes, a remnant of his father's wealth spared by the harrow of the great reduction under the Republic and the hailstorms of Imperial arrears.
Almost involuntarily Julie pressed her lover's hand. That wooing pressure gave courage to his timidity. All the joy of the present, all the hopes of the future were blended in the emotion of a first caress, the bashful trembling kiss that Mme. d'Aiglemont received upon her cheek. The slighter the concession, the more dangerous and insinuating it was.
Though the Countess aspired to reign in Paris and tried to keep pace with Mesdames the Duchesses de Maufrigneuse and du Chaulieu, the Marquises d'Espard and d'Aiglemont, the Comtesses Feraud, de Montcornet, and de Restaud, Madame de Camps, and Mademoiselle des Touches, she did not yield to the addresses of the young Vicomte de Portenduere, who made her his idol.
"I am to be lectured about Alfred " "Moina," the Marquise said gravely, as she struggled with her tears, "you would not guess at once if you did not feel " "What?" asked Moina, almost haughtily. "Why, really, mother " Mme. d'Aiglemont summoned up all her strength. "Moina," she said, "you must attend carefully to this that I ought to tell you "
"What can that diaphanous milord want with us?" exclaimed the Colonel, turning to assure himself that the horseman who had followed them from the bridge was the young Englishman. After all, the stranger committed no breach of good manners by riding along on the footway, and Colonel d'Aiglemont was fain to lie back in his corner after sending a scowl in the Englishman's direction.
"Why, father," she cried, "there are still the regiments in the Place du Carrousel to be passed in review." "No, child, all the troops are marching out." "I think you are mistaken, father; M. d'Aiglemont surely told them to advance " "But I feel ill, my child, and I do not care to stay."
Beaudenord's bootmaker had precisely hit off his style of foot; he was well shod; his tailor loved to clothe him. He had neither father nor mother such luck had he! and his guardian was the Marquis d'Aiglemont, his cousin by marriage.
Then, when by these devices, this innate woman-craft, as it may be called, she had discovered the full extent of the love which she inspired, Mme. d'Aiglemont welcomed the hope of a speedy cure, and no longer opposed her husband, who pressed her to accept the young doctor's offer.
Mme. d'Aiglemont had been dining at home with a friend, and the General, who almost invariably dined in town, had not gone out for once. "There is a pleasant time in store for you, Madame la Marquise," said M. d'Aiglemont, setting his coffee cup down upon the table.
If some cautious old person or morose uncle here and there condemned the course with "Perhaps Mme. d'Aiglemont may be sorry some day that she gave up her fortune to her daughter; she may be sure of Moina, but how can she be equally sure of her son-in-law?" these prophets were cried down on all sides, and from all sides a chorus of praise went up for Moina.
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