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Updated: May 11, 2025
"Madame, do you know who this is?" "Madeleine Jordan." "It is the Marquise de Ferrier." "The Marquise de Ferrier?" "Yes, madame." "Did you know her?" "I have known her ever since I can remember." "The Marquise de Ferrier! But, M's'r Williams, did she know you?" "She knows me," I asserted. "But not as myself. I am sure she knows me! But she confuses me with the child she lost!
I cannot explain to you, madame, how positive I am that she recognizes me; any more than I can explain why she will call me Paul. I think I ought to tell you, so you will see the position in which I am placed, that this lady is the lady I once hoped to marry." "Saints have pity, M's'r Williams!" "I want to ask you some questions." "Bring her down to the fire.
I placed Eagle by the fire and she sat there obediently, while I talked to Madame Ursule apart. "Was her mind in this state when she came to you?" "She was even a little wilder than she is now. The girls have been a benefit to her." "They were not afraid of her?" "Who could be afraid of the dear child? She is a lady that's plain. Ah, M's'r Williams, what she must have gone through!"
I saw behind him, standing as he had stood at Mittau, a priest of fine and sweet presence, waiting for Pierre Grignon to speak the words of introduction. "It is like seeing France again!" exclaimed the master of the house. "Abbé Edgeworth, this is M's'r Williams." "Monsieur," said the abbé to me with perfect courtesy, "believe me, I am glad to see you."
I saw her wandering out and out, mile beyond mile, to undwelt-in places, and the tender mercy of wolves. We crossed the ferry and took to the trail, Pierre Grignon talking cheerfully. "Nothing has happened to her, M's'r Williams," he insisted. "No Indian about La Baye would hurt her, and the child is not so crazy as to hurt herself."
"Where shall I find one?" "Pierre will give you one of ours," said Madame Ursule. "But you must eat." "I had my supper with the officers of the fort, madame. I would have made a briefer stay if I had known what had happened on this side of the river." "I forgot to tell you, M's'r Williams, there is an abbé here from Europe. He asked for you." "I cannot see him to-night."
I told them I wished her to be regarded as my wife, for I should never have another; and while it might remain impossible for her to marry me, on my part I was bound to her. "You are young, M's'r Williams," said Madame Ursule. "You have a long life before you. A man wants comfort in his house. And if he makes wealth, he needs a hand that knows how to distribute and how to save.
"M's'r Williams, where is Madeleine?" Her anxiety vibrated through the darkness. "Isn't she here, madame?" "She has not been seen to-day." We stood in silence, then began to speak together. "But, madame " "M's'r Williams " "I went away early " "When I heard from the Pawnees that you had gone off on horseback so early I thought it possible you might have taken her with you."
Who could understand the relation in which Eagle and I now stood, and the claim she made upon me? She clung to my arm when I took it away. I led her by the hand. Even this sight caused Madame Ursule a shock at the head of the stairs. "M's'r Williams!" My hostess paused and looked at us. "Did she come to you of her own accord?" "Yes, madame." "I never knew her to notice a stranger before."
"Madame, how could I do that?" "Of course you wouldn't have done that. But we can't find her. We've inquired all over La Baye. She left the house when no one saw her. She was never out after nightfall before." "But, madame, she must be here!" "Oh, m's'r, my hope was that you knew where she is she has followed you about so! The poor child may be at the bottom of the river!"
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