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She did not reply, but looked at him full in the face as if to inform him that she understood him. He was quite pale. "Would you not like to be one of the bright ornaments of my salon, as you are of that of Madame Marsy?" said he, in a whisper. "With the greatest happiness, your Excellency."

The group, composed of TURENNE in the arms of Immortality, is by TUBY; the accessory figures, the one representing Wisdom, and the other, Valour, are by MARSY. The bas-relief in bronze in the middle of the cenotaph is likewise by TURY, and represents TURENNE charging the enemy at the battle of Turckheim, in 1675. The dome forms a second church behind the large one, to which it communicates.

Her cheeks, which were extremely pale, suddenly became flushed as if their color were heightened by some feverish attack, when, amid the stir caused by the curiosity of the guests, and a greeting manifested by the shuffling of feet and the murmuring of voices, Monsieur de Rosas appeared; his air was somewhat embarrassed, he offered his arm to Madame Marsy, who conducted him to the narrow stage as if to present him.

Monsieur de Rosas decided, egged on a little by Guy de Lissac, to come and relate to Madame Marsy's friends his adventures in strange lands. The invitations to the soirée were already out. Madame Marsy had also obtained a promise from three Ministers of State that they would be present. She had spread the news far and wide.

According to these ladies she did not take the trouble to fulfil the rôle of a minister's wife faultlessly. Ah! if only Sabine or Blanche Gerson occupied the position filled by this petite bourgeoise of Grenoble! Well! Paris would have seen what an Athenian Republic was. Sabine Marsy was decidedly clever.

She laughed heartily and loud, and Madame Marsy, who was half dethroned, fanned herself nervously in her box, or levelled her glass at some one in the audience, affecting a little disdainful manner toward her fair neighbor. A friendship turned to acid. Vaudrey, looking fatigued and abstracted, sat in his stall during the entr'acte.

Not only were the most celebrated sculptors then in France, GASPAR and BALTHAZAR MARSY, REGNAUDIN, and GIRARDON, chosen to execute them; but their emulation was also excited by a premium of three hundred louis, which was promised to him who should excel. GIRARDON obtained it by the execution of the following pieces of sculpture: 1.

"What favor, my dear fellow?" cried Vaudrey, his face lighting up with joy. "Anything in the world to please you." "I was in Madame Marsy's box, you do not know Madame Marsy? She is a great admirer of yours and makes a point to applaud you in the Chamber. She has prayed for your advent.

What an idea, comparing Paris with absinthe!" "A Parisian's idea, parbleu! You have not been here two days and you are already intoxicated with Parisine, you said so yourself. The hasheesh of the boulevard." "Perhaps it is not Parisine only that has, in fact, affected my brain," said Rosas. "No doubt, it is also the Parisienne. Madame Marsy is very pretty." "Charming," said Rosas coldly.

In the sharp, frosty air of a night in January, Sulpice, enveloped in otter fur, stood with Madame Marsy on his arm, waiting for the appearance of that lady's carriage, which was emerging from the luminous depths of the Place, accompanied by another carriage without a monogram or crest; it was that of the minister.