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And on a gesture of irritation from Monsieur Bournisien "Ah! you'll admit that it is not a book to place in the hands of a young girl, and I should be sorry if Athalie " "But it is the Protestants, and not we," cried the other impatiently, "who recommend the Bible." "No matter," said Homais.
Athalie pretended to do this out of affection for her cousin, and the poor child had no idea how she was disfigured by it. Herr Katschuka undeceived her. "Fraülein Timéa, you need not regret this coiffure. It would suit you much better if you wore your hair quite plain; you have such lovely hair, that it is a sin to burn it with irons and smear it with pomade.
"Do see what has happened," says Athalie to her bridegroom. The captain goes out, and Athalie remains alone with Timéa, the suppressed whispering grows louder. At last even Athalie becomes uneasy. The bridegroom returns. He remains standing at the open door, and says thence to his bride, "Herr Brazovics is dead." The bride throws her arms into the air and falls swooning backward.
Michael was thinking "If only I had you in my power for once, you lovely white throat, so as to crush the life out of you with my iron hand!" This was what he longed for when he admired the splendid Bacchante form of Athalie. Only Timéa was not afraid of him she had nothing to fear. At last it seemed impossible to Timar to wait for the tardy spring.
Sainte-Aulaire wrote madrigals for her. Malezieu, the learned and versatile preceptor of the Duc du Maine, read Sophocles and Euripides. Mme. du Maine herself acted the roles of Athalie and Iphigenie with the famous Baron. They played at science, contemplated the heavens through a telescope and the earth through a microscope.
What have we come to, and what will become of us? Oh, that we had not lived to see this day! This dreadful drum woke you, I suppose?" "Is it not yet eight o'clock?" asked Athalie. The kitchen clock was still going. "Not eight? Why, the auction began at nine. Can you not hear it?" "Has no one been to see us?" "Silly idea! Why, who should visit us at such a time?"
She said she was tired with her day's work, and conjured the household not to oversleep themselves, and to take care no cat got into the larder; then she said good-night, and followed Athalie. When she entered their bedroom, Athalie was already in bed. The curtains were drawn; she knew Athalie's way of turning her back to the room and putting her head under the clothes.
The child looked at Athalie quite frightened, ran to her couch, and drew the covering over her head, so that no one should see her. Athalie was highly entertained that the girl could not sleep on account of these words that she should toss restlessly on her bed, and sigh wakefully all night. The delicate jest had succeeded. The next day Timéa was unusually quiet.
And on a gesture of irritation from Monsieur Bournisien "Ah! you'll admit that it is not a book to place in the hands of a young girl, and I should be sorry if Athalie " "But it is the Protestants, and not we," cried the other impatiently, "who recommend the Bible." "No matter," said Homais.
Hardly was he out of the door before Timéa snatched the large comb from her hair, tore down the heaped-up plaits, destroyed the whole edifice, then went to the basin and began to wash her hair and her whole head. "What are you doing there, girl?" said Frau Sophie, angrily. "Will you leave off this moment! Let your hair alone. Athalie will be fine and angry when she comes home and sees you."
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