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Updated: June 10, 2025
At this moment, when Madame de Monredon was sitting in judgment on the education given to the little girls brought up in the world, and on the ruinous extravagance of their young stepmothers, Madame de Nailles and Jacqueline their last visitors having departed were resting themselves, leaning tenderly against each other, on a sofa. Jacqueline's head lay on her mother's lap.
These girls were not the only persons that day at the reception who indulged in a little ill-natured talk after going away. Mesdames d'Argy and de Monredon, on their way to the Faubourg St. Germain, criticised Madame de Nailles pretty freely.
"It seems to me," she said, looking fixedly into the face of her future grandson-in-law, "that you really take pleasure in making children skip about with you." "So I do," he replied, frankly and good-humoredly. "It makes me feel young again." And Madame de Monredon was satisfied.
Her adversary, much relieved by this response, could not repress a sigh. "It seems singular," said M. de Nailles. "What! that I prefer to pass a month or six weeks with Madame d'Argy? Besides, Giselle is going to be married during that time." "They might put it off until we come back, I should suppose." "Oh! I don't think they would," cried the Baroness. "Madame de Monredon is so selfish.
"Jacqueline!" called again the silvery voice that had first summoned her; and a moment after the young girl found herself in the centre of a circle of grown people, saying good-morning, making curtseys, and kissing the withered hand of old Madame de Monredon, as she had been taught to do from infancy. Madame de Monredon was Giselle's grandmother.
That night, at the Casino, while dancing a quadrille with Giselle, he could not refrain from saying to her, "Don't you object to Monsieur de Talbrun's dancing so much with Jacqueline?" "Who? I?" she cried, astonished, "I don't see why he should not." And then, with a faint laugh, she added: "Oh, if she would only take him and keep him!" But Madame de Monredon kept a sharp eye upon M. de Talbrun.
A Monsignor related to the Talbruns pronounced the nuptial benediction; his address was a panegyric on the two families. He gave us to understand that if he did not go back quite as far as the Crusades, it was only because time was wanting. "Madame de Monredon was all-glorious, of course.
Her adversary, much relieved by this response, could not repress a sigh. "It seems singular," said M. de Nailles. "What! that I prefer to pass a month or six weeks with Madame d'Argy? Besides, Giselle is going to be married during that time." "They might put it off until we come back, I should suppose." "Oh! I don't think they would," cried the Baroness. "Madame de Monredon is so selfish.
"Jacqueline!" called again the silvery voice that had first summoned her; and a moment after the young girl found herself in the centre of a circle of grown people, saying good-morning, making curtseys, and kissing the withered hand of old Madame de Monredon, as she had been taught to do from infancy. Madame de Monredon was Giselle's grandmother.
Besides his public duties, M. de Nailles was occupied by financial speculations operations that were no doubt made necessary by the style of living commented on by his cousin, Madame de Monredon, who was as stingy as she was bitter of tongue. The elegance that she found fault with was, however, very far from being great when compared with the luxury of the present day.
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