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Updated: May 3, 2025
I will leave them and say no more about it." Since the day when he left Olivier's house, Olivier had given no sign of life: all seemed over between them. Christophe had no mind to form new friendships. He imagined Count and Countess Bereny to be like the rest of the snobs who called themselves his friends: and he made no attempt to meet them. He was more inclined to avoid them.
Christophe made inquiries. The Ambassador alluded to friends of Christophe Count and Countess Bereny, who were very fond of him. Christophe did not even know their name: and on the night of his visit to the Embassy he had no opportunity of being introduced to them. He did not make any effort to meet them.
Count Bereny had been killed in a duel a few months ago; and Christophe saw that she had not been very happy with him. Also, she had lost a child, her first-born. She made no complaint, and turned the conversation from herself to question Christophe, and, as he told her of his tribulations, she showed the most affectionate compassion. Bells rang. It was Sunday evening. Life stood still.
At the same moment the ambassador's wife passed by, and smiled with pleasure to see that the long-sought meeting had at last come about: and she introduced Christophe to "Countess Bereny." But Christophe was so moved that he did not even hear her, and he did not notice, the new name. She was still his little Grazia to him. Grazia was twenty-two.
But often, again, there are deeper reasons for it, which pass the child's understanding: he has no idea of them.... From the first moment when he saw Christophe, the son of Count Bereny had a feeling of animosity towards the man whom his mother had loved. It was as though he had instinctively felt the exact moment when Grazia began to think of marrying Christophe.
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