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Berenger reckoned on the influence of Elisabeth of Austria, who had been the real worker in his union with Eutacie; but he was told that it was vain to expect assistance from her.
Eutacie related the former dealings with him, when she had sold him her jewels and her hair, but she had no notion of his being the same person whom she had seen when at Montpipeau. Indeed, he had altered his appearance so much that he had been only discovered at Nid-de-Merle by eyes sharpened by distrust of his pretensions to magic arts.
He was confined to his room, and it was kneeling by his bedside that Eutacie poured out her thankfulness for her child's preservation, and her own repentance for the passing fit of self-will and petulance.
Madame, I was all but giving the stuff to my little angel in very spite and then Eutacie's voice was drowned in passion of tears, and she devoured the old lady's hand with her kisses. 'Come, come, said the Duchess, 'let us be reasonable. A man may be a thief, but it does not follow that he is a poisoner. 'Nay, that will we see, cried Eutacie.
He examined Rotrou upon his subsequent knowledge of Isaac Gardon and Eutacie, but nothing had been heard of them since their departure, now nearly three years back, except a dim rumour that they had been seen at the Synod of Montauban. 'Well, my friend, said Philip, when about to remount, 'this will do rather better than a headlong gallop to Rochelle with Nid-de-Merle at our heels.
Madame de Quinet, however, concluded that Eutacie had been known, or else that her jewels had betrayed her, and that the man must have been employed by her enemies.
Her father had always assured her of the invalidity of the marriage, without thinking it necessary to dwell on his own arrangements for making it invalid, so that was no reasonable ground of objection; and a lady of Diane's period, living in the world where she had lived, would have had no notion of objecting to her lover for a previous amour, and as such was she bidden to rank Berenger's relations with Eutacie.
She declined testing the compound on any unfortunate dog or cat, but sealed it up in the presence of Gardon, Eutacie, and Mademoiselle Perrot, to be produced against the pedlar if ever he should be caught. Then she asked Eutacie if there was any reason to suspect that he recognized her.
Berenger struck his forehead with wrath and perplexity, then cried, joyfully, 'It will not stand for moment. So foul a cheat can be at once exposed. Eutacie, you know you understand, that it was not you but Diane whom I saw and detested; and no wonder, when she was acting such a cruel treason! 'Oh no, Diane would never so treat me, cried Eustacie. 'I see how it was!
Had not M. le Baron forsaken me, I had never been thus treated! and her eyes flashed through their moisture. 'Eustacie! You are Eutacie! 'Whom would you have me to be otherwise? I have the honour to wish M. le Baron a good morning. 'Eustacie! Stay! Hear me! It concerns my honour. I see it is you but whom have I seen? Who was she? he cried, half wild with dismay and confusion. 'Was it Diane?
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