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He told the truth about everything except the amount of his brother's fortune, the importance of which he lessened as much as possible. "Well," said Raoul, when the report was ended, "we are in a nice fix. And do you expect to get out of it?" "Yes, if you don't betray me." "I wish you to understand, marquis, that I have never betrayed anyone yet; don't judge me by yourself, I beg.
He moved his hands impatiently to and fro, and cried in tones which manifested the disappointment he felt: "I can see no more! the vision passes from me. I can discover nothing but confused shapes merged in ever-increasing darkness!" We gathered round him in some dismay, and St. Aubyn urged the younger Raoul to attempt an elucidation of the difficulty. But he too failed.
Be loyal to him, and loyal to the cause he has embraced, and perchance a day may come when you may so have redeemed your past youthful follies as to claim and receive at our hands the lands we now withhold. In the meantime they will be administered by Raoul Latimer, who will draw the revenues and maintain order there.
You admit, then, that it is not you who are going to marry the princess?" "Thou know it perfectly well, monsieur, I should imagine." "I beg your pardon, but your conduct has been such as to leave it not altogether certain." "Proceed, monsieur, what do you mean to convey?" Raoul approached the duke.
"Oh, Raoul, do not think of this rash act!" whispered Ghita; "the vice-governatore or the podest
She here interrupted herself by uttering a cry. "Raoul!" said she, blushing. "Mademoiselle de Montalais!" said Raoul, paler than death. He rose unsteadily, and tried to make his way across the slippery mosaic of the floor; but she had comprehended that savage and cruel grief; she felt that in the flight of Raoul there was an accusation of herself.
He reigned despotically in the hotel, went out a great deal, never came in until midnight, and seemed to have no capital to live upon, save his military titles, and a talent for carrying out whatever was undertaken for his own benefit. "That being his character," thought Raoul, "I cannot see what object he can have in picking a quarrel with me.
"Le Feu-Follet! she is hardly here, in the midst of a fleet of her enemies! Remember, Raoul, your men will begin to complain if you place them too often in such risks to gratify your own wishes." "Peste! I keep them in good humor by rich prizes. They have been successful; and that which makes yonder Nelson popular and a great man makes Raoul Yvard popular and a great man also in his little way.
"What does he do there? He's not rich." Raoul bent down toward the doctor's chair and whispered the dark secret: "Studyin'!" Doctor Keene went out. Everything seemed changed to the returned wanderer. Poor man! The changes were very slight save in their altered relation to him. To one broken in health, and still more to one with a broken heart, old scenes fall upon the sight in broken rays.
"Oh, Christine," said Raoul, "my heart quivered that night at every accent of your voice. I saw the tears stream down your cheeks and I wept with you. How could you sing, sing like that while crying?" "I felt myself fainting," said Christine, "I closed my eyes. When I opened them, you were by my side. But the voice was there also, Raoul!
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