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Updated: June 17, 2025
There was little question about Jacques Haret's means of livelihood for the present, for we knew well enough that the excellent wages paid old Peter found their way into Jacques Haret's pocket.
Jacques Haret was the very soul of entertainment. I have never known a man whose mind was always so much at ease as Jacques Haret's. The most virtuous person that ever lived might envy this rogue his cheerful acquiescence in fate.
The blond wig she wore evidently disguised hair of satin blackness. She was slight and unformed, but graceful beyond words. Jacques Haret's version of Mariamne was a very good one what a multiplicity of gifts the fellow had, and his dishonesty made each and all of no avail! But in this young girl whom he called Mademoiselle Adrienne, he had an actress worthy of better work than even he could do.
For Gaston Cheverny, however hospitable he might he, would not allow Jacques Haret a permanent footing at the Manoir Cheverny; and besides, Gaston would shortly follow us to Paris and he was not a rich enough man to pay for Jacques Haret's company on the way.
My ancestor fought at Ivry under his ancestor, and my family now possesses a letter from Henri Quatre to Jacques Haret, asking the loan of fifty crowns and a pair of breeches!" I could have wrung Jacques Haret's neck for his persistence, but I could do nothing but stand and watch and fume, with the young girl's tragic face before me, and old Peter breaking his heart in the courtyard.
I had seen the seamy side of human nature often too often. I had seen the rapine of camps, the iniquities of a great city; but this action of Jacques Haret's shone hideous alongside all I had ever known. Gaston Cheverny continued, his wrath and disgust speaking in his face and voice. "I wondered why Jacques Haret should remain in Brabant. I allowed him to stay at my house may God forgive me!
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