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It was the vision that had, like the pillar of cloud by day and of fire by night, preceded and gladdened him on his way; the scene of his happy, unsuspecting girls; of the pale Little Scout whose simple touch would then have instantly revived and soothed him, whose tender love was his comfort, his sanctuary from pursuing evils; the scene of his old home, far cosier, far more beloved, far more cheerful for all its homeliness, for all its poverty, than the more pretentious one of Emanuel Griffin; the scene of lowly pleasures it had cherished; of the bitter trials it had assuaged; and, finally, of the bright, laughing group he had left there, oh! so little prepared, so little conscious of the blight he would bring among them.
Were we to judge these memorable proceedings from the official documents published in the Moniteur and other journals of that period, we should form a very erroneous opinion. Those falsities were even the object of a very serious complaint on the part of Cosier St. Victor, one of the accused. After the speech of M. Gauthier, the advocate of Coster St.
Put it on; don't make a fuss but do so at once. I know the climate and you don't." She obeyed, and said she was all the cosier for it. As they were nearing Petershof, he said half-nervously: "So my friends took you for my betrothed. I hope you are not offended." "Why should I be?" she said frankly. "I was only amused, because there never were two people less lover-like than you and I are."
"Anna Belle's pond will overflow, I think," said Jewel, looking out the window musingly. "And how good for the ferns," remarked her mother. "Yes, I'd like to be there, now," said the child. "Oh, I think it's much cosier here. I love to hear the rain, too, don't you?" "Yes, I do, and we'll have the story now, won't we, mother?"
Victor, who might have taken his life; but that only an interchange of courtesy took place betwixt the rival gallants. This ridiculous story was doubtless intended to throw additional odium on the First Consul, if Cosier St. Victor should be condemned and not obtain a pardon, in which case malignity would not fail to attribute his execution to the vengeance of a jealous lover.
"We shall be cosier here," he said; for he dared not take the stranger up in the room where the statue was concealed, for fear of accidents. The man sat down in the operating-chair and crossed his legs. "I dare say you're wondering what I've come about like this on a Sunday afternoon?" he began. "Not at all," said Leander. "Anything I can have the pleasure of doing for you "
But it made her feel a stranger, and she hastened through it to the cosier nest beyond. This was a far more homely spot. The furniture here was French also, and exquisitely delicate; but it was designed for comfort, and the gilded state of the outer room was wholly absent. A tea-table stood near a deeply-cushioned settee, and the kettle sang merrily over a spirit-lamp.
"You are cosier than other people now, so you are sure to be nicer than ever when you are old. No wonder Aunt Charlotte loved to have you." "What a little flatterer you are, Hatty! It is a comfort that I don't grow vain. Do you know, I think Aunt Charlotte taught me a great deal. When you get over her little mannerisms and odd ways, you soon find out what a good woman she really is.
"The country here does seem a lot cosier," she admitted. The hills rolled away amiably and reassuringly; the wooded slopes in their gay colouring of autumn invited confidence. Here were no forbidding stretches of the grey alkali desert, no grim bare mountains, no solitude of desolation. It was a kind land, fat with riches.
Victor, who might have taken his life; but that only an interchange of courtesy took place betwixt the rival gallants. This ridiculous story was doubtless intended to throw additional odium on the First Consul, if Cosier St. Victor should be condemned and not obtain a pardon, in which case malignity would not fail to attribute his execution to the vengeance of a jealous lover.
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