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He had felt it from the very first, and now he was sure of it. How would it end? How could it end? Paul Zalenska was very young oh, very young, indeed! The next day Verdayne and his young companion were introduced to Mr. Ledoux and his guest.
The original Chateau de Louveciennes was the property of Madame la Princesse de Conti, but popular interest lies entirely with the Pavilion du Barry, built by the architect Ledoux under the orders of Louis XV. Du Barry, having received the chateau as a gift from the king, sought to decorate it and reëmbellish it anew.
Newman that when a man has taken such excellent measures for his salvation as our dear friend did last evening, it seems almost a pity he should put it in peril again by returning to the world." M. Ledoux was a great Catholic, and Newman thought him a queer mixture. His countenance, by daylight, had a sort of amiably saturnine cast; he had a very large thin nose, and looked like a Spanish picture.
"Tell me about it," he said sympathetically. And she told him, sparing herself details, as far as possible, of the storm of scandal about to burst upon the family a storm from which only the sacrifice of herself could save the family name of Ledoux, and her mother's memory. It might, or might not, be true, but the Count de Roannes claimed to be able and ready to bring proof.
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