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M. Fauvel brought them an account of Prosper's examination, the many charges brought against him, his obstinate denial of having stolen the money; and finally how, after great perplexity and close study of the case by the judge of instruction, the cashier had been discharged for want of sufficient proof against him. Since Clameran's offer to restore the notes, Mme.
Clameran's speech was so different from his usual overbearing, haughty conduct, that surprise almost stupefied the banker, and he could only answer: "I must say that I was hurt by your doubts, insinuations, suspicions of my honor " "This morning," continued the marquis, "I was irritated, and thoughtlessly gave way to my temper.
This speech seemed to arouse all the bad passions slumbering in Clameran's bosom; and his pale face had a fiendish expression as he fiercely replied: "We had better end this humbuggery, and come to a clear understanding at once. Before you begin to talk about crime, think over your past life.
To her great surprise Madeleine warmly approved of it. Trouble had made her keen-sighted and suspicious. Reflecting on past events, comparing and weighing every act and speech of Raoul, she was now convinced that he was Clameran's tool.
She dropped tremblingly into her seat, murmuring: "My God! How did he discover it?" Had her own happiness alone been at stake, she would have instantly thrown herself upon a Clameran's mercy. But she had her family to defend, and the consciousness of this gave her strength to resist him. "Do you wish to insult me, monsieur?" she asked. "Do you pretend to say you have forgotten Valentin-Raoul?"
He has too noble a heart to do anything really wrong." "He has suffered so much!" was Mme. Fauvel's constant excuse for Raoul. This was her invariable reply to M. de Clameran's complaints of his nephew's conduct. And, having once commenced, he was now constant in his accusations against Raoul.
"We can discover it as soon as we know Clameran's past life. Ah, to-night he turned as white as a sheet when I mentioned his brother Gaston's name. And then I remembered that Gaston died suddenly, while his brother Louis was making a visit." "Do you think he was murdered?" "I think the men who tried to assassinate me would do anything. The robbery, my friend, has now become a secondary detail.
He wished to enjoy his four hundred thousand francs without being compromised by committing a murder which might be discovered; he therefore began to devise some other means of getting rid of his dreaded accomplice. Meanwhile, he devoted his thoughts to some discreet way of thwarting Clameran's marriage with Madeleine.
He takes no interest in anything on the face of the earth." "We can wait and see." They did wait; and, to the great surprise of Mme. Fauvel, Raoul once more became an affectionate and dutiful son, as he had been during Clameran's absence. From reckless extravagance he changed to great economy. He said he wished to expiate his sins in solitude.
Raoul emptied the glass at one draught, and a faint color returned to his ashy cheeks. He arose, and snatching up his hat, cried fiercely: "Come along!" But before he had walked half a square, the factitious energy inspired by drink deserted him. He clung to Clameran's arm, and was almost dragged along in the direction of the banker's house, trembling like a criminal on his way to the scaffold.
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