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The Princess nodded. "We will go and talk to De Brensault," she said. "I should think he would be just in the frame of mind to consent to anything." The Duke, who was well acquainted with the house in which they were, led Jeanne into a small retiring room and found her an easy chair. "My dear young lady," he said, "I hope you will not be disappointed, but I have not danced for ten years.
"One very definite and clear reason," Jeanne remarked, "is that I do not like the Count de Brensault. I think that he is a noisy, forward, and offensive young man." "His income is nearly fifty thousand a year," the Princess remarked, "so he must be forgiven a few eccentricities of manner." "His income," Jeanne said, "scarcely matters, does it?
"It was probably she, then, who sent for De la Borne," Forrest said wearily. "Perhaps so," the Princess assented, "but listen to this. It will surprise you. She came back and she told De Brensault in this room only a short while ago that her supposed fortune was a myth. De Brensault took it like a lamb. He wants to marry her still." Forrest looked up in amazement. "And will he?" he asked.
A mother has considerable authority legally, as I dare say you are aware. We may not be able to manage it in England, but I think I can guarantee that if De Brensault doesn't disappoint us, the wedding will take place." Forrest helped himself to a cigarette from an open box by his side. "I think," he said, "that if it comes off we ought to go to the States for a year or so.
De Brensault rose somewhat heavily to his feet. "And I," he said, "I, too, have something to say to her. We will take a glass of champagne together, my friend Forrest, and then we will seek the Princess." Forrest nodded. "By all means," he said. "To tell you the truth I need it." De Brensault looked at him curiously. "You are very pale, my friend," he said.
The Count de Brensault may not be everything that is to be desired in a husband, but the world is full of more attractive people who would be glad to become your slaves. You will live mostly abroad, and let me assure you that marriage there is the road to liberty. You have it in your power to save yourself and me from poverty. Make a little sacrifice, Jeanne, if indeed it is a sacrifice.
For certain reasons I think that it would be well for you to be married before you actually come of age. That is why I have invited the Count de Brensault here to-night." Jeanne's dark eyes were fixed curiously upon the Princess. "Sometimes," she said, "I do not altogether understand you. Why should there be all this nervous haste about my marriage?
"Mind, I would not consider such a thing for a moment, if I were not fully convinced that Jeanne, when she is a little older, would be perfectly satisfied with what we have done. On the other hand, one hesitates naturally to worry the child." "She will not see me?" De Brensault asked. "It is possible that I might be able to persuade her."
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