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"Ah! it was monsieur who so bravely rescued the Vicomte Jules de Serizy from the Arabs?" said Reybert, "and for whom the count has obtained the collectorship of Beaumont while awaiting that of Pontoise?" "Yes, monsieur," said Oscar. "I hope you will give me the pleasure, monsieur," said the great painter, "of being present at my marriage at Isle-Adam."
My husband is a retired officer, with a pension of six hundred francs, and we live at Presles, where your steward has offered us insult after insult, although we are persons of good station. Monsieur de Reybert, who is not an intriguing man, far from it, is a captain of artillery, retired in 1816, having served twenty years, always at a distance from the Emperor, Monsieur le comte.
Your steward has made a fortune of two hundred and fifty thousand francs out of his place; he is not to be pitied therefore." The count thanked Madame de Reybert coldly, bestowing upon her the holy-water of courts, for he despised backbiting; but for all that, he remembered Derville's doubts, and felt inwardly shaken. Just then he saw his steward's letter and read it.
"Monsieur and Madame de Canalis, three places," he said. Then, moving to the door of the interieur, he named, consecutively, "Monsieur Bellejambe, two places; Monsieur de Reybert, three places; Monsieur your name, if you please?" he said to Georges. "Georges Marest," said the fallen man, in a low voice.
"My daughter," replied Monsieur de Reybert, "and without a 'dot." "Ah!" said Georges, assuming a more respectful manner toward Monsieur Leger, "I am fortunate in having chosen this particular day to do the valley of the Oise. You can all be useful to me, gentlemen." "How so?" asked Monsieur Leger. "In this way," replied Georges.
An old man of seventy here came out of the hotel and joined the group of travellers who were waiting to get into the coach. "Come along, Papa Reybert," said Leger, "we are only waiting now for your great man." "Here he comes," said the steward of Presles, pointing to Joseph Bridau.
The rancorous enmity which existed between the Reyberts and the Moreaus came from a wound inflicted by Madame de Reybert upon Madame Moreau on the first occasion when the latter assumed precedence over the former on her first arrival at Presles, the wife of the steward being determined not to allow her supremacy to be undermined by a woman nee de Corroy.
For my sake, for my dignity, and for your honor, we will part decently; for I cannot but remember even now what your father did for mine. You will explain the duties of the stewardship in a proper manner to Monsieur de Reybert, who succeeds you. Be calm, as I am. Give no opportunity for fools to talk. Above all, let there be no recrimination or petty meanness.
"We lack Mistigris, now famous under his own name of Leon de Lora," said Joseph Bridau, "and the little young man who was stupid enough to talk to the count about those skin diseases which are now cured, and about his wife, whom he has recently left that he may die in peace." "And the count himself, you lack him," said old Reybert.
Monsieur and Madame de Reybert will lodge for the present in the chateau; endeavor to keep on terms with them, like well-bred persons who hate each other, but still keep up appearances." The count and Moreau went downstairs; Moreau white as the count's hair, the count himself calm and dignified.
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