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She often saw Miss Leslie Graham as she darted into the house and out again, on a flying visit to her grandmother, but she had no opportunity of meeting her. So in spite of her brave attempts to forget her grief in her work, and in spite of Madame's unfailing kindness and help, the girl was often very lonely. The big echoing house of Rosemount was always deserted of an evening.
It may not surprise you to learn that madame's second husband was as gay as a lark, and that he died very joyfully." "Oh! heavens, as if one could not commit a little mischief without being reproached by you," said Angela, like a capricious child. "Listen, comrade! she calls that a little mischief," said the hunter.
Just beside the front door was a bush of purple lilac; and over the door, in copper, was the coat-of-arms of the Lavilettes, placed there, at Madame's insistence, in spite of the dying wish of Lavilette's father, a feeble, babbling old gentleman in knee-breeches, stock, and swallow-tailed coat, who, broken down by misfortune, age and loneliness, had gathered himself together for one last effort for becomingness against his daughter-in-law's false tastes and had died the day after.
A moment after the departure of the coach the court yard was as still as a convent cloister. It was still enough to hear the click of madame's fingers, as she tapped her snuff-box. "The count doesn't see any better than he did toujours myope, lui" the old woman murmured to her son, with a pregnant wink, as she took her snuff.
The plot soon thickened quite beyond Madame's anticipations, the make-believe attentions became real, the other maids of honor were quite neglected, Madame herself was forgotten, and while trying to dazzle the eyes of the public Louis himself was bewildered, and soon found himself seriously in love with La Vallière, at least as seriously in love as it was in his nature to be.
It would be almost worth madame's while to go there some day, for it is such a primitive place, and they are such primitive people. I liked the idea, and begged Mère Talbot might be told that I would come and look out my goose for myself the following week.
"How?" asked the girl interestedly, for having taken a part in it, she was American enough to be unwilling to give up; "what have you to suggest what is your plan?" "You are one of Madame's customers?" "Yes." "And, of course, whatever kind of books are kept here, there must be some sort of ledger, so that your bills can go to you every month." The girl made a little grimace.
Having said this, the Queen-Dauphin took her leave of Madam de Cleves, and the next day Madame's marriage was publicly known; some days after the King and the Queens went to visit the Princess of Cleves; the Duke de Nemours, who had expected her return with the utmost impatience, and languished for an opportunity of speaking to her in private, contrived to wait upon her at an hour, when the company would probably be withdrawing, and nobody else come in; he succeeded in his design, and came in when the last visitors were going away.
She said, as I have good reason to believe, that one day, hearing the King coming, I ran to Madame's closet door; that I coughed in a particular manner; and that the King having, happily, stopped a moment to talk to some ladies, there was time to adjust matters, so that Madame came out of the closet with me and M. de Choiseul, as if we had been all three sitting together.
Aline!" she called, and the maid appeared instantly from the open door behind. "Aline, show these officers to the dining-room and ask them to have a glass of port." "Madame is most kind! With Madame's permission we will drink Madame's health!" She flashed a gracious smile at the three who departed, led by Aline.
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