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She broke off revisited with that vision of Aimée's sprite-like beauty.... How little that poor girl had thought, as she stood there in the bright splendor of her robes and diadem, that in a few hours more "Oh, I hope that fire that it was merciful that she didn't suffer," she said almost inaudibly. But speech itself was too definitive of horrors. "It's tragic," she finished simply.
Still, one day Aimee suggested a nutting expedition another day they gave little Roger the unheard-of pleasure of tea out-of-doors there was something else agreeable for a third; and it was Roger who arranged all these simple pleasures such as he knew Molly would enjoy. But to her he only appeared as the ready forwarder of Aimee's devices.
But it is not likely I shall ever make it my home again; and that is partly the reason why I want my father to adopt the notion of Aimee's living with him. Ah, here are all the people coming back from their walk. However, I shall see you again: perhaps this afternoon we may get a little quiet time, for I have a great deal to consult you about.
Towards Aimée's moods madame preserved a calm and sensible detachment. Never had she invited confidence, and for all the young girl's charm she had never taken her to her heart in the place of that absent daughter. As if jealously she had held herself aloof from such devotion.
When Ryder had despatched from the jeweler's who had polished the locket for him, that package with its secret note, and its warning plaid, he had no real assurance that the message would fall into Aimée's hands. But he could think of nothing better, and he argued very favorably for his stratagem.
Certainly there was nothing in Aimée's life then to invite compassion, and later, during those hard, mutinous months of the girl's first veiling and seclusion, she had not tried to soften the inevitable for her with a useless compassion.
Aimee's eyes were full of tears in a moment; but she looked happy, as she always did when Isaac was spoken of as her own peculiar friend. "I was going to ask about your boys," said Bayou. "The little fellow who used to ride the horses to water, almost before he could walk alone he and his brothers, where are they?" "Denis is with his tutor, in the palace here. Placide and Isaac are at Paris."
"Aimée!" he breathed in exultant, still half-incredulous joy. "Aimée!... Did I hurt you ?" "Oh, no, no!" came Aimée's shaken voice. "Oh, you are safe!" He felt her trembling in his clasp and he swept her close to him. For one breathless instant they clung together, in a sharp, passionate gladness which blurred every sense of dread or danger.
It was her turn now, and she was as ready to sacrifice her white merino on the shrine of the household impecuniosity as she would be to borrow Dolly's best bonnet, or Mollie's shoes, or Aimée's gloves, when occasion demanded such a course. So the merino was laid upon the table, and the council rose to examine, comment, and suggest. "A train," said Dolly, concisely; "no trimming, and swan's-down.
Aimée's face was more nearly perfect than Dolly's; Mollie's was more imposing, child as she was; 'Toi-nette threw her far into the shade in the matter of statuesque splendor; but still it was Dolly who did all the difficult things, and had divers tragic adventures with questionable adorers, whose name was legion, and who were a continual source of rejoicing and entertainment to the family.
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