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'I will send you well gloved. It is no secretary of mine that will be lodged in the Rue Saint-Maur in the little garden-house which I have at his disposal. It is my distant cousin, Baron de l'Hostal, a lawyer high in office..." "After a moment of silent surprise, I heard the gate bell ring, and a carriage came into the courtyard.
"Mademoiselle, you would be right if marriage were based on passion; and that was the mistake of those two, who will soon be no more. Marriage with heart-deep love on both sides would be Paradise." Mademoiselle des Touches turned from the Consul, and was immediately joined by Claude Vignon, who said in her ear: "A bit of a coxcomb is M. de l'Hostal."
At last we reached a large study in a cross wing, with all the windows looking into an immense garden. "'Monsieur le Cure of the White Friars, and his nephew, Monsieur de l'Hostal, said Labranche, to whose care the other theatrical servant had consigned us in the first ante-chamber.
That old man was my poor friend, my patron, passing through Genoa to take leave of me and place his will in my hands. He appoints me his son's guardian. I had no occasion to tell him of Honorine's wishes." "Does he suspect himself of murder?" said Mademoiselle des Touches to the Baron de l'Hostal. "He suspects the truth," replied the Consul, "and that is what is killing him.
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