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His two aunts, living at Paris, had been compelled, in consequence of their small fortunes, to make some sacrifices to enter into the blessed state of matrimony. The elder, Eleanore-Jeanne, had married, during her father's life, the Comte de la Roche-Jugan a man long past fifty, but still well worthy of being loved. Nevertheless, his wife did not love him.
Eleanore-Jeanne and Louise-Elizabeth accepted with apparent willingness the act that benefited their brother at their expense notwithstanding which they never forgave him. But Robert-Sosthene, who, in his position as representative of the younger branch, affected Liberal leanings and was besides loaded with debt, rebelled against the paternal procedure.
Count Herve had four children, two boys and two girls, and, feeling it his duty to protest against the levelling influences of the Civil Code, he established during his life, by a legal subterfuge, a sort of entail in favor of his eldest son, Charles-Henri, to the prejudice of Robert- Sosthene, Eleanore-Jeanne and Louise-Elizabeth, his other heirs.
Count Herve had four children, two boys and two girls, and, feeling it his duty to protest against the levelling influences of the Civil Code, he established during his life, by a legal subterfuge, a sort of entail in favor of his eldest son, Charles-Henri, to the prejudice of Robert-Sosthene, Eleanore-Jeanne and Louise-Elizabeth, his other heirs.
His two aunts, living at Paris, had been compelled, in consequence of their small fortunes, to make some sacrifices to enter into the blessed state of matrimony. The elder, Eleanore-Jeanne, had married, during her father's life, the Comte de la Roche-Jugan a man long past fifty, but still well worthy of being loved. Nevertheless, his wife did not love him.
Eleanore-Jeanne and Louise-Elizabeth accepted with apparent willingness the act that benefited their brother at their expense notwithstanding which they never forgave him. But Robert-Sosthene, who, in his position as representative of the younger branch, affected Liberal leanings and was besides loaded with debt, rebelled against the paternal procedure.
The Marquise, after reading it, returned the letter coldly to the General. "Sign it Eleanore-Jeanne de la Roche-Jugan!" she said. "Do you think so?" asked the General. "It is as clear as day," replied the Marquise. "These expressions betray her 'a pious duty to warn you 'celebrated for his successful affairs of the heart' 'every honest person. She can disguise her writing, but not her style.
The Marquise, after reading it, returned the letter coldly to the General. "Sign it Eleanore-Jeanne de la Roche-Jugan!" she said. "Do you think so?" asked the General. "It is as clear as day," replied the Marquise. "These expressions betray her 'a pious duty to warn you 'celebrated for his successful affairs of the heart' 'every honest person. She can disguise her writing, but not her style.
Count Herve had four children, two boys and two girls, and, feeling it his duty to protest against the levelling influences of the Civil Code, he established during his life, by a legal subterfuge, a sort of entail in favor of his eldest son, Charles-Henri, to the prejudice of Robert-Sosthene, Eleanore-Jeanne and Louise-Elizabeth, his other heirs.
His two aunts, living at Paris, had been compelled, in consequence of their small fortunes, to make some sacrifices to enter into the blessed state of matrimony. The elder, Eleanore-Jeanne, had married, during her father's life, the Comte de la Roche-Jugan a man long past fifty, but still well worthy of being loved. Nevertheless, his wife did not love him.
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