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"Yes, the hands only; she has been the thought." Madame Sauviat here left the group, to hear, if possible, the decision of the doctors. "We need some heroism ourselves," said Monsieur de Grandville to the rector and the archbishop, "to enable us to witness this death." "Yes," said Monsieur Grossetete, who overheard him, "but we ought to do much for such a friend."
An extract from a letter written by her about this time to Monsieur Grossetete will show the condition of the mind of a woman who was later to give signal proofs of a firm and lofty nature: "The flowers you sent me for the ball were charming, but they suggested harsh reflections.
"And papa Grossetete, too!" cried Francis. "Madame," said the rector, supporting Veronique, and leading her apart a few steps, "show courage; be worthy of yourself." "But what can he want?" she replied, leaning on the balustrade. "Mother!" "As he comes with Monsieur Grossetete," said the rector, "he can have none but good intentions."
In this way, you will not lose your rights, and you will have time to judge for yourself whether the project conceived by the rector of Montegnac and approved by Madame Graslin is feasible. I will explain to you by word of mouth the advantages you will find in case this great scheme can be carried out. Rely on the friendship of Yours, etc, T. Grossetete.
A fortnight later, in December, and in spite of the cold, Monsieur Grossetete came to the chateau de Montegnac, to "present his protege," whom Veronique and Monsieur Bonnet were impatiently awaiting.
Grossetete, a man of strong common-sense and sure grasp of a situation, advised Veronique to invest her property and what remained of Monsieur Graslin's in the Funds; and he made the investment himself in one of the government securities which offered special advantages at that time, namely, the Three-per-cents, which were then quoted at fifty.
"Do you regret nothing in Limoges?" he asked her. "Nothing, now that you are leaving it; and monsieur," she added, smiling at Grossetete, who was bidding her adieu, "will seldom be there." The bishop accompanied Madame Graslin as far as Montegnac. "I ought to walk this road in sackcloth and ashes," she said in her mother's ear as they went on foot up the steep slope of Saint-Leonard.
The great scholar, Robert Grossetête, Bishop of Lincoln, was born at Stradbrook. Of him Roger Bacon wrote that he was the only man living who was in possession of all the sciences. Wycliff, on innumerable occasions, refers to him with respect.
"Madame," he replied, "Monsieur Grossetete has told me enough about your enterprise as we came along to make me already glad that I can in any way be useful to you; the prospect of living in close relations with you and Monsieur Bonnet seems to me charming. Unless I am dismissed from this region, I expect to end my days here."
On a fine spring morning a caleche and a coupe, drawn by Limousin horses chosen by Monsieur Grossetete, drew up at eleven o'clock before the shop of the iron-dealer, bringing, to the great excitement of the neighborhood, the former partners of the bridegroom and the latter's two clerks.
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