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We see him, then, under the quick operation of this change in sentiments and habits, reclined on the fauteuil before his fireside, and listening to his college friend, of whom we have so long lost sight, Frederic Lemercier. Frederic had breakfasted with Alain, a breakfast such as might have contented the author of the "Almanach des Gourmands," and provided from the cafe Anglais.
Bereft of beings superior to the mass, who act as their leaders and supports, the laws will only be as so many black lines on white paper, and your armless chair and my fauteuil will be two pieces of furniture of the selfsame importance. Personally, I should like to gratify you in every respect, for the same blood flows in our veins, and we have loved each other from the cradle upwards.
The next evening at six o'clock he was at the house of the Marquise. He found her in her boudoir, surrounded by all her regal luxury. She was half buried in a fauteuil in the chimney-corner, looking a little pale and fatigued. She received him with her usual coldness and self-possession. "Good-day," she said. "How are you?" "Not very well," replied Camors. "What is the matter?"
"And what have you wished for?" replied the duke, sinking back into his fauteuil, whilst with one hand he returned the bottle to Grimaud, and with the other gave him a purse. "Will you promise me, monseigneur, to grant me what I wish for?" "Pardieu! That is agreed upon." "I wished, monsieur le duc, to go with you to Gigelli." Athos became pale, and was unable to conceal his agitation.
And she drew an easy fauteuil to the sparkling fire, for the weather was cold, with that particularly cruel coldness common to an English May, and dismissed her attendant. "Now sit down, you dear old darling," she continued, "and let me have all the news!"
"Il signore va partir, sare, ah! mon Dieu! tout of a sudden." "O-h! and where is he now!" "In his room, sare." Over the chaos strode Ferrers, and opening the door of his friend's dressing-room without ceremony, he saw Maltravers buried in a fauteuil, with his hands drooping on his knees, his head bent over his breast, and his whole attitude expressive of dejection and exhaustion.
Three large tables taken from the mess-room, and covered with horse-blankets instead of tapestry, stood upon the platform. Some unpainted wooden chairs awaited the judges; but in the centre glittered the president's chair, a superbly carved and gilded fauteuil, sent by the Duc de Sairmeuse. Several wooden benches had been provided for the prisoners.
Allons donc! have you nothing to say in admiration of so much splendor?" I shook my head. "What can I say? Is this the house of an actress, or the palace of a prince? But stay that pale woman yonder, all in white, with a plain gold circlet on her head who is she?" "Phédre herself," replied Dalrymple. "Follow me, and be introduced." She was sitting in a large fauteuil of purple velvet.
She has kept the bond. "Do I go as your wife?" Her voice trembles with eagerness. "No. But you may earn that place by strictly following my wishes." He speaks kindly. She is a grand woman after all. Bright tears trickle through her jewelled fingers. She has thrown herself on the fauteuil. The woman of thirty is a royal beauty, her youthful promise being more than verified.
Mine at least would have been sincere; mine would have been faithful: mine would not have been an infamous snare!" The emphasis of these words displayed so evident an intention, the countenance of the young woman changed immediately. She moved uneasily on her fauteuil. "What do you mean, Monsieur Vautrot?" "Nothing, Madame, which you do not know, I think," he replied, meaningly. She rose.
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