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"Not at home, miladi," said the man, in the same tone. At that moment Mrs. Toff came running through the long hall to the carriage door. The house was built round a quadrangle, and all the ground floor of the front and of one of the sides consisted of halls, passages, and a billiard-room. Mrs. Toff must have been watching very closely or she could hardly have known that Lady Alice was there.
Was there another soul in the world that would have been so pitiful and tender? Eustache Boullé had come from Tadoussac, since so little could be done toward rehabilitating that, and proved himself a most worthy compatriot to Champlain. Rose was sorely troubled at first, but she soon found that miladi no longer cared for the marriage.
He would come for her in a few minutes. She was wondering very much how exactly she would appear to him, how old, how good-looking or plain. She had tried, with Cecile's help, to look her very best. Cecile had declared the result was a success. "Miladi est merveilleusement belle ce soir, mais vraiment belle!" But a maid, of course, would not scruple to lie about such a matter.
He was wonderfully interested in the new fort, in the different improvements, in miladi, who, somehow, seemed to improve and render herself very agreeable. She had a queer feeling about him. If one could be young again ah, that would be back in France. She had a happy time with Laurent. She had exulted in winning her second husband, but somehow the real flavor and zest of love had not been there.
"It is you who are ennuyé!" she said, with piteous eyes upraised. He flicked her cheek with his thumb, his odd eyes gleaming. "Not so, Miladi Saltash! For me the game is just begun. But should you desire to leave me the opportunity is yours. A knight has arrived to the rescue a very puissant knight!" "A knight!" gasped Toby, trembling. "Ah! Tell me what you mean!" His look was openly mocking.
"She has been very poorly, but is much better now. And miladi thought " "Oh, yes, it is all right. Yes, I am glad," nodding definitely, as if the matter was settled. She did not want to quarrel with Antoine about a child that was no kin to them, when he was so much like her old lover. He seemed to bring back the hopes of youth and a certain gayety to which she had long been a stranger.
"Why do people take likes the wrong way? Now if M. Boullé had " "It is said he was wild for love of you," interposed Thérèse. "That made the trouble. Miladi liked him so much. Thérèse, there is some kind of love we must have before you can put yourself in a man's hand, and let him take you to his home, where you must remain while life lasts. A whole long life, think of it!
"Bon jour, miladi Lucy," she exclaimed as she entered Lady Lucy's sanctum; "need not inquire of health, you look si charmante. Oh, si belle! that make you wear old clothes so longer dan oder ladies, and have so leetel for me to buy.
"I would not give that little person for all the grandes dames here to-day! She is charming and she is true! Ma foi! to be true to any one is a virtue in this age! I tell you, my good boy, there is something sorrowful heavy on la belle Thelma's mind and Britta, who sees her always, feels it but she cannot speak. One thing I will tell you it is a pity she is so fond of Miladi Winsleigh."
But we did not like some of the cooking, miladi and I, and Quebec is dearer, for it is home," and her eyes shone with delight. "Home! Thanks, little maid, for your naming it on this wise," and he smiled down in the eager face as he turned to greet Madame.
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