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"And she is as modest as she is excellent," added Adrienne, taking bath of the girl's hands, "the least praise, either of her adopted brother or of herself, troubles her in this way. But it is mere childishness, and I must scold her for it." Mdlle. de Cardoville spoke sincerely, for the explanation given by Rodin appeared to her very plausible.
"Do you know why I have taken such pains, first to bring her in contact with Djalma, and then to separate her from him?" "That is what I ask you," said Father D'Aigrigny; "how can this storm of passion prevent Mdlle. de Cardoville and the prince from inheriting?" "Is it from the serene, or from the stormy sky, that darts the destroying thunderbolt?" said Rodin, disdainfully.
Djalma made no answer. But when the soft voice sounded in his ears when his heart bounded with the species of electric shock, which he always felt when he met the gaze of that woman so ardently beloved when he had contemplated for an instant that adorable face, so fresh and fair, in spite of its expression of deep uneasiness Djalma understood that he was not the sport of a dream, but that Mdlle. de Cardoville was really before his eyes.
There seemed to be something providential in the meeting of these two natures, so young and so vivacious, so generous and so full of passion, so heroic and so proud, who, before coming into contact, had, singularly enough, each learned the moral worth of the other; for if, at the words of Rodin, Djalma had felt arise in his heart an admiration, as lively as it was sudden, for the valiant and generous qualities of that unknown benefactress, whom he now discovered in Mdlle. de Cardoville, the latter had, in her turn, been moved, affected, almost terrified, by the interview she had just overheard, in which Djalma had displayed the nobleness of his soul, the delicate goodness of his heart, and the terrible transports of his temper.
They are bold and active. Quick, quick! to work!" "And then we will deliver Mdlle. de Cardoville." Whilst Agricola placed his pole against the wall, and prepares to mount, Dagobert tapped at the panes of the last window on the ground floor, and said aloud: "It is I Dagobert." Rose Simon indeed occupied the chamber.
Adrienne, while her women continued fitting on her shoes, dressing her hair, and arranging her in her habiliments, took the letter, which was written by the steward of the estate of Cardoville, and read aloud as follows: "HONORED MADAME, "Knowing your goodness of heart and generosity, I venture to address you with respectful confidence.
But at the moment she was about to answer, a knock was heard at the door of the room, and Florine entered. On seeing the alarmed countenance of her waiting-maid, Mdlle. de Cardoville said hastily: "Well, Florine! what news? Whence come you, my child?" "From Saint-Dizier House, madame." "And why did you go there?" asked Mdlle. de Cardoville, with surprise.
It was ten o'clock at night. The workgirl, returned to Cardoville House, had just entered her chamber. Worn out by so many emotions, she had thrown herself into a chair. The deepest silence reigned in the house. It was now and then interrupted by the soughing of a high wind, which raged without and shook the trees in the garden. A single candle lighted the room, which was papered with dark green.
The first impulse of Mdlle. de Cardoville was to quit the room. But she could not bear to leave Mother Bunch at this moment, or to give, in the presence of Agricola, her reasons for such an abrupt departure, and moreover, an inexplicable and fatal curiosity held her back, in spite of her offended pride.
Hardly had Agricola passed the fence, to direct his steps towards the chapel, obscured in shadow, than Mdlle. de Cardoville thought she perceived a human form issue from one of the clumps of trees in the convent-garden, cross the path hastily, and disappear behind a high hedge of box. Alarmed at the sight, Adrienne in vain called to Agricola in a low voice, to bid him beware.
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