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Ce n'est pas mon affaire, et je ne m'en melerai pas, aux signes de perdre les bonne graces de ce belle-mere. Lady M'Cartney has wrote to me to hire my house; but one thing I am resolved upon is, not to let it to an acquaintance. I shall keep it in its present state till these things at Avignon are determined upon. I dine to-day at the Bishop of Salisbury's, and to-morrow at Lord Lisbourne's.
"My mother-in-law." "Your mother-in-law! I didn't know Ormonde " "I mean Mrs. Liddell; and I am quite sorry for her; she was wonderfully fond of me, and very kind." "Why, what an angel you must be to fascinate a belle-mere! Then the dear departed must be the mother of that Miss Liddell whom Ormonde was recommending to me this afternoon?" "Who my husband? How silly! She would not suit you a bit."
"And why, belle-mere mine, wouldst thou protect this pleasant tregetour?" "What!" said the duchess, "see you not that a man capable of such devices must be of doughty service against our foes?" "Not I. How?"
She would be far safer out of France; and, although the Abbe alone could not have escorted her, yet Maitre Gardon would gladly have secured for her the additional protection of a young, strong, and spirited man; and Eustacie, who was no scribe, was absolutely relieved to have the voyage set before her as an alternative to the dreadful operation of composing a letter to the belle-mere, whom she had not seen since she had been seven years old, and of whose present English name she had the most indistinct ideas.
"You! only you," she said, with a constrained smile; "see, my nerves are not so strong as they were." "You are disturbed, belle-mere, has he been vexing you?" "He Dalibard? No, indeed; we were only this morning discussing matters of business." "Business, that means money." "Truly," said Lucretia, "money does make the staple of life's business.
While I stood before the steps of the throne the Empress came toward me, and with her exquisite smile, and with the peculiar charm she has when speaking, said, "I am so glad to see you here, Madame Moulton." "And I am so glad to be here, your Majesty; but I went through all the preliminary steps all the same," I said, "because ma belle-mere insisted upon it."
"And why, belle-mere mine, wouldst thou protect this pleasant tregetour?" "What!" said the duchess, "see you not that a man capable of such devices must be of doughty service against our foes?" "Not I. How?"
She had read and replaced the letters, and leaning her cheek on her hand, was gazing vacantly on the wall, when Varney intruded on that dismal solitude. He closed the door after him with more than usual care; and drawing a seat close to Lucretia, said, "Belle-mere, the time has arrived for you to act; my part is wellnigh closed." "Ay," said Lucretia, wearily, "what is the news you bring?"
Presently Jean and the Marquis came out of the smoking-room and joined us. The Marquis at once began to pay compliments about the sun on my hair, and was really so clever in getting in little things, while he was talking to Godmamma, that I quite took to him. Victorine had to converse with her future belle-mère all the time, and finally the carriage came round, and they went.
She had read and replaced the letters, and leaning her cheek on her hand, was gazing vacantly on the wall, when Varney intruded on that dismal solitude. He closed the door after him with more than usual care; and drawing a seat close to Lucretia, said, "Belle-mere, the time has arrived for you to act; my part is wellnigh closed." "Ay," said Lucretia, wearily, "what is the news you bring?"
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