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He looked at his watch, and interrupted the game of boston with: "At this moment M. le Comte d'Esgrignon is arrested, and that house which has held its head so high is dishonored forever." "Then, have you got hold of the boy?" du Coudrai cried gleefully. Every one in the room, with the exception of the President, the deputy, and du Croisier, looked startled.
Two guests, whose functions excused them, kept the dinner waiting. One was Monsieur du Coudrai, the recorder of mortgages; the other Monsieur Choisnel, former bailiff to the house of Esgrignon, and now the notary of the upper aristocracy, by whom he was received with a distinction due to his virtues; he was also a man of considerable wealth.
He looked at his watch, and interrupted the game of boston with: "At this moment M. le Comte d'Esgrignon is arrested, and that house which has held its head so high is dishonored forever." "Then, have you got hold of the boy?" du Coudrai cried gleefully. Every one in the room, with the exception of the President, the deputy, and du Croisier, looked startled.
"She was too old," they said; "Monsieur du Bousquier had married her too late. Besides, it was very lucky for the poor woman; it was dangerous at her age to bear children!" When Madame du Bousquier confided, weeping, her periodic despair to Mesdames du Coudrai and du Ronceret, those ladies would reply,
The Marechaux de Vitri and Bassompierre, the Comte de Cremail, M. du Fargis, and M. du Coudrai Montpensier were then prisoners in the Bastille upon different counts. But, as length of time makes confinement less irksome, they were treated very civilly, and indulged with a great share of freedom. Their friends came to see them, and sometimes dined with them.
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