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We have alluded to his Excellency's marriage, as in duty bound, because it will be necessary to account for his appearance hereafter in a more splendid fashion than that under which he has hitherto been known to us; and just comforting the reader by the knowledge that the union, though prosperous in a worldly point of view, was, in reality, extremely unhappy, we must say no more from this time forth of the fat and legitimate Madam de Galgenstein.
One day there was on the bridge a superb grenadier, whom Galgenstein accosted, and to whom he promised a company, at least, if he would enlist under Frederick. 'Ask my comrade yonder, said the grenadier; 'I can do nothing without him. We were born and bred together, we are of the same company, sleep in the same room, and always go in pairs.
And might not a poor woman tremble when such a noble creature drew near to her, and deigned, from the height of his rank and splendour, to look down upon her? As Jove came down to Semele in state, in his habits of ceremony, with all the grand cordons of his orders blazing about his imperial person thus dazzling, magnificent, triumphant, the great Galgenstein descended towards Mrs. Catherine.
"And and the Count, Max; where is he, Brock?" sighed she. "Whew!" whistled Mr. Brock. "What, hankering after him still? My dear, he is off to Flanders with his regiment; and, I make no doubt, there have been twenty Countesses of Galgenstein since your time." "I don't believe any such thing, sir," said Mrs. Catherine, starting up very angrily.
Galgenstein grew hourly more in love: never had he felt such a flame; not in the best days of his youth; not for the fairest princess, countess, or actress, from Vienna to Paris. At length it was the night after he had seen Hayes counting his money-bags old Wood spoke to Mrs. Hayes very seriously. "That husband of yours, Cat," said he, "meditates some treason; ay, and fancies we are about such.
"Upon my life, father," said this worthy man, "I care for nothing. You have been talking for an hour about the Regent's death, and the Duchess of Phalaris, and sly old Fleury, and what not; and I care just as much as if you told me that one of my bauers at Galgenstein had killed a pig; or as if my lacquey, La Rose yonder, had made love to my mistress." "He does!" said the reverend gentleman.
"Count de Galgenstein by name, who, on the point of death, recommended the infant to me." "And did he pay you seven years' boarding?" said Mr. Billings, who was quite alive at the very idea. "Alas, sir, not a jot! He died, sir, six hundred pounds in my debt; didn't he, Ensign?" "Six hundred, upon my secred honour! I remember when he got into the house along with the poli "
"Yes, truly, in everything but the name, dear Catherine; and when he dies, I swear you shall be Countess of Galgenstein." "Will you swear?" she cried, eagerly. We have seen before that it cost Monsieur de Galgenstein nothing to make these vows. Hayes was likely, too, to live as long as Catherine as long, at least, as the Count's connection with her; but he was caught in his own snare.
Honest Macshane was my second, and much disappointed because the second on the other side would not make a fight of it, and exchange a few passes with him; but he was an old major, a cool old hand, as brave as steel, and no fool. Well, the swords are measured, Galgenstein strips off his doublet, and I my handsome cut-velvet in like fashion.
When his mother gave Galgenstein the laudanum, she had the self-same look with her!" "Had she really now?" said Mr. Macshane. "And pree, Meejor, who WAS his mother?" "Mrs. Cat, you fool!" answered Wood. "Then, upon my secred word of honour, she has a mighty fine KITTEN anyhow, my dear. Aha!" "They don't DROWN such kittens," said Mr.
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