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"Let General de Prerolles be the lover of Madame de Lisieux or of Madame de Nointel; let him sit every day at their tables if there be only a husband whose hand he may clasp in greeting, no one will call this hospitable liaison a crime!
"Here it is," replied the notary, handing her a visiting card. "'Valentine de Vermont," she read aloud. "Zibeline?" cried Madame de Nointel. "Bravo! I offer her the assurance of my esteem!" "And I also," added Madame de Lisieux. "I can not offer mine," said Madame Desvanneaux, dryly. "A young woman who is received nowhere!"
"Besides, I am accountable only to the Duc de Montgeron. What is his opinion?" "I call it a very clever stroke," said the Duke. "You hear, Madame! Only, of course, not every lady has a collection of similar little notes!" said the Vicomtesse de Nointel. The entrance of M. Durand, treasurer of the society, interrupted the progress of this correspondence.
"I have already had the pleasure of seeing Monsieur at my house," said Valentine, "also Madame Desvanneaux; and although I was unable to accede to their wishes, I retain, nevertheless, the pleasantest recollections of their visit." "Good hit!" whispered Madame de Nointel to her neighbor. "The Marquis de Prerolles, my brother," the Duchess continued.
And Sylvie laughed again at the preposterous notions of old people. She flashed an especial smile at Florian. Her hand went out as though to touch him, in an unforgotten gesture. "Old people do not understand," said Sylvie de Nointel, in tones which took this handsome young fellow ineffably into confidence.
The gentlemen can not complain of being crowded here," she added, with a smile. M. de Lisieux and M. de Nointel, as well as Edmond Delorme, hastened to throw away their cigarettes, and all made their way to the long gallery. The Baron de Samoreau and the Chevalier de Sainte-Foy remained alone together. The Duchess took the occasion to speak quietly to her brother.
In a small round hat, with his hands in the pockets of an outing-jacket, matching his knickerbockers in color, he strolled to and fro near his sister, now encouraging Madame de Thomery, hesitating on the arm of her instructor, now describing scientific flourishes on the ice, in rivalry against the crosses dashed off by Madame de Lisieux and Madame de Nointel two other patronesses of the orphanage the most renowned among all the fashionable skaters.
The gentlemen can not complain of being crowded here," she added, with a smile. M. de Lisieux and M. de Nointel, as well as Edmond Delorme, hastened to throw away their cigarettes, and all made their way to the long gallery. The Baron de Samoreau and the Chevalier de Sainte-Foy remained alone together. The Duchess took the occasion to speak quietly to her brother.
In a small round hat, with his hands in the pockets of an outing-jacket, matching his knickerbockers in color, he strolled to and fro near his sister, now encouraging Madame de Thomery, hesitating on the arm of her instructor, now describing scientific flourishes on the ice, in rivalry against the crosses dashed off by Madame de Lisieux and Madame de Nointel two other patronesses of the orphanage the most renowned among all the fashionable skaters.
"Only, in the opinion of the founders of the Orphan Asylum, it should be situated in the city of Paris itself." "The donor thought that open fields and fresh air would be better for the children." "Land outside of Paris costs very much less, of course; that is probably the real reason," said M. Desvanneaux. "Poor Zibeline! you are well hated!" Madame de Nointel could not help saying.
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