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Updated: May 1, 2025
Bachelin took respectful leave of his noble clients, and hurried off to Pont Avesnes as fast as his legs could carry him. II. M. Derblay's Passion It was really M. Derblay whom the Marquis de Beaulieu had met in the woods of Pont Avesnes. Letting Octave call after him as loud as he liked, he hurried on through the woods.
Popular in the district, he might come forward at the elections to be returned as a deputy. Who knew? Hope revived in Philippe Derblay's heart. After a long talk with Maitre Bachelin, he, on considering the situation, felt it was not unfavourable to his hopes.
The Château de Beaulieu, in the Louis XIII. style, is built of white stone with red brick dressings. A broad terrace more than five hundred yards long, with a balustrade in red granite, and decked with parterres of flowers, becomes a delightful walk in autumn. M. Derblay's ironworks may have somewhat spoilt the beauty of the landscape, but Beaulieu remains a highly covetable estate.
The marriage contract was signed on the eve of the great day. Claire remained ignorant of the fact that she was ruined, and signed quite unsuspectingly the act which endowed her with half M. Derblay's fortune. The service was performed with the same simplicity as would have been observed at a pauper's wedding.
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