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M. d'O asked me to sup with him at the Burgomasters' Lodge, and this was a great distinction, for, contrary to the rules of Freemasonry, no one but the twenty-four members who compose the lodge is admitted, and these twenty-four masons were the richest men on the Exchange.
The Comte de Toulouse urged his advice with all the energy of which he was capable, and he was supported in opinion by others of more experience than himself. But D'O, the mentor of the fleet, against whose counsel he had been expressly ordered by the King never to act, opposed the project of another attack with such disdainful determination, that the Comte had no course open but to give way.
The Comte de Toulouse urged his advice with all the energy of which he was capable, and he was supported in opinion by others of more experience than himself. But D'O, the mentor of the fleet, against whose counsel he had been expressly ordered by the King never to act, opposed the project of another attack with such disdainful determination, that the Comte had no course open but to give way.
He spoke of the greediness which most women in love exhibited for furs, satins, silks, jewels and furniture; but a lady interrupted him by asking if Madame d'O -y, his intimate friend, had not already paid his debts twice over. "You are mistaken, madame," said the Provencal, "it was her husband."
"I would like to see her face at this moment," Croisette replied. "You saw Madame d'O?" I shook my head, not answering. I was not sure, and I had a queer, sickening dread of the subject. If I had seen her, I had seen oh! it was too horrible, too unnatural! Her own sister! Her own brother in-law! I hastened to change the subject.
A long, straight road, poplar-bordered and level, runs southwards from Argentan to Mortree, a village of no importance except for the fact that one must pass through it if one wishes to visit the beautiful Chateau d'O. This sixteenth century mansion like so many to be seen in this part of France, is in a somewhat pathetic state of disrepair, but as far as one may see from the exterior, it would not require any very great sum to completely restore the broken stone-work and other signs of decay.
Father and daughter ran to embrace me, and M. d'O-said that when the vessel was sighted a tithe of the profits should be mine. My surprise prevented me giving any answer; I had intended to write trust and hazard, and I had written fear and hesitate. But thanks to his prejudice, M. d'O only saw in my silence confirmation of the infallibility of the oracle.
And the pyramid told her that the pocket-book had fallen through the opening in the fifth step of the staircase. M. d'O said to his daughter, "Come, my dear Esther, let us go and test the truth of the oracle." And full of joy and hope they went to the staircase, I following them, and M. d'O shewed her the hole through which the pocket-book must have fallen.
"Just so," said Esther, with a wicked smile, "but you admit a likeness, don't you?" "I confess I was struck with it, though of course I cannot judge so well as you." After the concert M. d'O arrived, and giving back his daughter to his care I betook myself to my lodging.
"Monseigneur le Duc d'Anjou!" he cried. "The Duc d'Anjou!" repeated the others. "Well, gentlemen," cried the duke. "Monseigneur," stammered D'Epernon, "it was a joke; forgive us." "Monseigneur," said D'O, "we did not dream of meeting your highness here!" "A joke!" said the duke; "you have an odd manner of joking, M. d'Epernon. Since it was not intended for me, whom did your jest menace?"
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