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He saw the consternation and grief of his old Bevisham hero, his leader and his teacher. 'Florence, he said, musing on the prospect of exile and idleness: 'there's a kind of society to be had in Florence. Renee asked him if he cared so much for society. He replied that women must have it, just as men must have exercise. 'Old women, Nevil; intriguers, tattlers. 'Young women, Renee.
For the first time in my life, my dear Renee, I have been alone and crying. I was sitting under a willow, on a wooden bench by the side of the long Chantepleurs marsh. The view there is charming, but it needs some merry children to complete it, and I wait for you. I have been married nearly three years, and no child! The thought of your quiver full drove me to explore my heart.
Westley that Isobel and Gyp should remain at Kettle a month longer, then Mrs. Allan had driven over from Cobble and announced that she was going to have a house-party and her guests were going to be Pat Everett, Renée La Due and her brother, and Peggy and Garrett Lee, and Garrett Lee was going to bring Dana King. And Jerry and Uncle Johnny had prevailed upon Little-Dad to accept an automobile.
Nevil resigned himself to admit that she was not: and therefore, said he, 'you won't object to my remaining. Renee greeted Nevil with as clear a conventional air as a woman could assume. She was going, she said, to attend High Mass in the church of S. Moise, and she waved her devoutest Roman Catholicism to show the breadth of the division between them. He proposed to go likewise. She was mute.
Beauchamp caught fast hold of the bows while Renee laid a finger on Count Henri's shoulder to steady herself. The instant she had taken her seat, Count Henri dashed the scull's blade at the bank to push off with her, but the boat was fast. His manoeuvre had been foreseen.
He begged her to let him have Roland's exact address. She named the regiment, the corps d'armee, the postal town, and the department. 'Roland will come at a signal, he pursued; 'we are not bound to consult others. Renee formed the French word of 'we' on her tongue. He talked of Roland and Roland, his affection for him as a brother and as a friend, and Roland's love of them both.
No one followed her to the breach. Exclaiming that she at least would never surrender, and that she would die a sovereign princess rather than live a subject, Renee de Balagny retained to the citadel.
'But we must live in England, he cried abruptly out of his inner mind. 'Oh! not England, Italy, Italy! Renee exclaimed: 'Italy, or Greece: anywhere where we have sunlight. Mountains and valleys are my dream. Promise it, Nevil. I will obey you; but this is my wish. Take me through Venice, that I may look at myself and wonder. We can live at sea, in a yacht; anywhere with you but in England.
This century will not see another Bonaparte; and my children, if I have any, will not be rent from me. They will be mine to train and make men of the joy of my life. If you also are true to your destiny, you who ought to find your mate amongst the great ones of the earth, the children of your Renee will not lack a zealous protectress.
According to Bonald, your father was right in his homily. Farewell, my dear fancy, my friend, my wild other self. Well, my Renee, you are a love of a woman, and I quite agree now that we can only be virtuous by cheating. Will that satisfy you?
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