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Everybody admired the young couple, who quickly returned home to domestic felicity, having decided simply to take a short trip to Paris, after a few days of retirement. This tete-a-tete was delightful, Maitre Lebrument having shown just the proper amount of delicacy. He had taken as his motto: "Everything comes to him who waits." He knew how to be at the same time patient and energetic.
Lebrument whispered into his wife's ear: "What a bother! I won't be able to smoke." She answered in a low voice "It annoys me too, but not an account of your cigar." The whistle blew and the train started. The trip lasted about an hour, during which time they did not say very much to each other, as the two old ladies did not go to sleep.
On the first landing we find in a niche, the statue of Lewis XVth in his youth, from the chisel of Lemoine. The great stair-case, next the church, constructed from the designs of Lebrument, the architect of the Madeleine, is distinguished by the boldness of its architecture; it leads to the library and gallery of paintings.
He was carrying a large portfolio under his arm, just like Lebrument. She jumped out of the carriage. "Henry!" she cried. He stopped, astonished: "Jeanne! Here all alone! What are you doing? Where have you come from?" Her eyes full of tears, she stammered: "My husband has just got lost!" "Lost! Where?" "On an omnibus." "On an omnibus?" Weeping, she told him her whole adventure.
It is built after the plans of Lebrument and ornamented by the chisel of Jadoulle; this modern building is distinguished by the beauty of its architecture and of its sculptures. It was terminated and consecrated the 7th april 1781. The front, which faces the south, is composed of a peristyle, supported by four corinthian columns.
The marriage of Maitre Simon Lebrument with Mademoiselle Jeanne Cordier was a surprise to no one. Maitre Lebrument had bought out the practice of Maitre Papillon; naturally, he had to have money to pay for it; and Mademoiselle Jeanne Cordier had three hundred thousand francs clear in currency, and in bonds payable to bearer. Maitre Lebrument was a handsome man.
She was surprised: "Why don't we take a cab?" He began to scold her smilingly: "Is that the way you save money? A cab for a five minutes' ride at six cents a minute! You would deprive yourself of nothing." "That's so," she said, a little embarrassed. A big omnibus was passing by, drawn by three big horses, which were trotting along. Lebrument called out: "Conductor! Conductor!"
"Suddenly he stopped before a marble slab and said: 'There it is, and he flashed the lantern close to it so that I could read the inscription: "'TO LOUISE HORTENSE MARINET, "'Wife of Jean-Francois Lebrument, Farmer, "'SHE WAS A FAITHFUL WIFE. GOD REST HER SOUL. "We fell on our knees in the damp grass, he and I, with the lantern between us, and I saw the rain beating on the white marble slab.
His success was rapid and complete. After four days, Madame Lebrument adored her husband. She could not get along without him. She would sit on his knees, and taking him by the ears she would say: "Open your mouth and shut your eyes." He would open his mouth wide and partly close his eyes, and he would try to nip her fingers as she slipped some dainty between his teeth.
"Suddenly he stopped before a marble slab and said: 'There it is, and he flashed the lantern close to it so that I could read the inscription: "'TO LOUISE HORTENSE MARINET, "'Wife of Jean-Francois Lebrument, Farmer, "'SHE WAS A FAITHFUL WIFE. GOD REST HER SOUL. "We fell on our knees in the damp grass, he and I, with the lantern between us, and I saw the rain beating on the white marble slab.
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