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Its failure was due to no shortcoming on the part of its conductors; who, under a brave Canadian named Courval, acted with coolness and resolution. Nothing saved the fleet but the courage of the sailors, swarming out in their boats to fight the approaching conflagration. It was now the end of July. More than half the summer was gone, and Quebec seemed as far as ever beyond the grasp of Wolfe.
The park is splendid, a real domain, all the paths and alleys beautifully kept and every description of tree M. de Courval was always trying experiments with foreign trees and shrubs and apparently most successfully.
It was to Mansard that M. de Courval confided the task of building the château as it now stands, while the no less famous Le Notre was charged to lay out the park and gardens. It was an easy journey from B ville to Pinon. An hour's drive through our beautiful forest of Villers-Cotterets and another hour in the train.
"Grandmamma said her papa the marquis used yellow powder: it must have been very pretty." "Rather a la sucre d' orge," remarked the epicier, smiling on the right side of his mouth, where his best teeth were. Mademoiselle de Courval looked displeased. "I fear you are a republican, Monsieur Goupille." "I, Mademoiselle.
Sweet memories! bitter fruit!" "Why bitter? ye love each other still." "But I am vowed to celibacy, and Adeline de Courval is leman where she should be wedded dame. Methinks I fret at that thought even more than she, dear Adeline!" "Your lady, as all would guess, is then nobly born?"
The Vicomte had stationed himself opposite to Mademoiselle de Courval, and kept his eyes fixed on her very tenderly. "Mademoiselle, I see, does not approve of such bourgeois diversions," said he. "No, monsieur," said the gentle Adele. "But I think we must sacrifice our own tastes to those of the company." "It is a very amiable sentiment," said the epicier.
We had thought of a more sounding title; De Courval has a nobler sound, but my good uncle has nothing of the Norman about him: so we dropped the De as ridiculous Vargrave is euphonious and appropriate. My uncle has a manor of that name Baron Vargrave of Vargrave." "Ah I congratulate you." "Thank you. Lady Vargrave may destroy all my hopes yet. But nothing venture, nothing have.
W. and Mme. de Courval had made a long "tournée," and W. quite approved of all the changes and new acquisitions she had made, particularly the little Breton cows. We left rather hurriedly as we had just time to catch our train.
The morning rose that was to unite Monsieur Goupille with Mademoiselle Adele de Courval. The ceremony was performed, and bride and bridegroom went through that trying ordeal with becoming gravity. Only the elegant Adele seemed more unaffectedly agitated than Mr. Love could well account for; she was very nervous in church, and more often turned her eyes to the door than to the altar.
Love by the sleeve as he rose, and whispered petulantly, "I do not see any one here to suit me, Monsieur Love none of my rank." "Mon Dieu!" answered Mr. Love: "point d' argent point de Suisse. I could introduce you to a duchess, but then the fee is high. There's Mademoiselle de Courval she dates from the Carlovingians." "She is very like a boiled sole," answered the Vicomte, with a wry face.
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