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You stand in need of me, Aure, and I of you. When it pleases you to be gay, I make you laugh; when it suits me to be loving, I look at you. I have given you a commission of lady of honor which you wished for; you will give me, presently, something I wish for." "I will?" "Yes, you will; but, at this moment, my dear Aure, I declare to you that I wish for absolutely nothing, so be at ease."

Alexandre Dumas - Ten Years Later

"Mademoiselle Aure de Montalais," continued Madame, "a young lady of rank, and my good attendant." This time it was not the king that smiled; it was the young lady presented, because, for the first time in her life, she heard, given to her by Madame, who generally showed no tendency to spoil her, such an honorable qualification.

Alexandre Dumas - Ten Years Later

These two appeared to have attained the culminating point of a discussion half-bantering, half-serious. "Now, Monsieur Malicorne," said the young girl, "does it, at length, please you that we should talk reasonably?" "You believe that that is very easy, Mademoiselle Aure," replied the young man. "To do what we like, when we can only do what we are able "

Alexandre Dumas - Ten Years Later

"You bear me no ill-will, at least, Louise?" cried Montalais, pressing her hand. "And why should I, my dear Aure?" replied the girl in a voice soft as a flute. "Dame!" resumed Madame de Saint-Remy; "if she did bear you a little ill-will, poor girl, she could not be much blamed." "And why should she bear me ill-will, good gracious?"

Alexandre Dumas - Ten Years Later