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He had appeared to have contracted a fatal illness during his imprisonment, but his letter had said he was feeling ever so much better. "I can't say how glad I am," Captain Castaigne continued. "There was never a braver fellow in the world than Robert Hume. And besides, if he should happen to die just now, it would be particularly hard on his family.
Then the three girls went over and sat down on the same Louis XIV sofa that two of them had once occupied with young Captain Castaigne, on their first visit to the chateau. This time Eugenia took the place of honor in the center, while each hand clasped one of her companions. "Henri and I arrived just an hour ago," she explained. "He found he could get a three days leave to come with me.
Thornton. After ten minutes of conversation, it was Captain Castaigne who proposed that their guests might be allowed to read their letters without waiting to return home. It was not difficult to guess at their impatience, since it must have been a long time since they had heard from home. Then he and Eugenia crossed over to the other side of the room and stood by the fireplace.
He is really tremendously anxious to hear news of us. He has just learned of Eugenia's marriage to Henri Castaigne, and he thinks we are pretty foolhardy to have offered our services for nursing in Russia." Instinctively Barbara held her companion's arm in a closer grasp. "Far be it from me to disagree with him!" she murmured.
ANGOUMOIS, an old province of France, nearly corresponding to-day to the department of Charente. Its capital was Angoulême. See Essai d'une bibliothèque historique de l'Angoumois, by E. Castaigne . George and Graciosa. Pop. 10,788.
Madame Castaigne had also insisted that they come to her at the chateau; nevertheless, the girls had chosen the farmhouse. The Countess was no longer young, and still had no servants save old François. The work of entertaining four guests, and one of them a stranger, would have put too great a tax upon her.
Over by the window Barbara and Mildred were really too busy with their letters to notice what was taking place. Madame Castaigne had gone out of the room for the instant to speak to François. Of course, Barbara had read Dick's letters first.
Then the little party talked on until nearly dusk. At last, when Barbara and Mildred felt compelled to leave, Eugenia proposed that she and Captain Castaigne walk over to the farmhouse with them. She did not feel that she could wait for another day before seeing Nona. Nona and Sonya had just been in a few moments and taken off their wraps when the others arrived.
Only once had Nona and Mildred deserted their posts in Belgium, where they had continued Eugenia's work of caring for the homeless Belgian children. Then they had gone to attend her wedding, but had returned to Belgium as soon as possible. But Eugenia and Captain Castaigne had taken scarcely more time for their own honeymoon.
Remembering the fate of the English girl who had committed the same crime, Nona appreciated how much they had to be thankful for. And now Eugenia was married to Captain Castaigne, the young French officer. Curious that among the four of them who had come from the United States to do Red Cross work among the Allies, Eugenia should be the first to marry!
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