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Updated: June 4, 2025
Henri de Prerolles could hardly believe his eyes! Was he the sport of a dream or of one of those mirages which rise before men who travel across the sandy African deserts? The latitude and the position of the sun forbade this interpretation. But whence came it, then? What fairy had turned a magic ring in order to work this miracle?
"Teufel!" exclaimed the German officer; "it appears that the Commandant de Prerolles has lost no time since we took leave of each other." "Thanks to you, Monsieur! Had you not allowed me to withdraw from your society, I should certainly not have reached my present rank! To your health, Captain!" "To yours, General!"
He pillaged the farms, stopped railway trains, boldly demanding ransom from captives from the municipal governments of large towns. He was continually, active, and always inaccessible. Warned by his scouts that the followers of this villain menaced the town of Pazcuaro, Captain de Prerolles prepared himself eagerly to meet them.
The enthusiasm increased; the Prerolles division marched past after its artillery, and, as always, the martial and distinguished profile of its general produced its usual effect on the public.
As for Henri, silent and absorbed, he hesitated between the dread of facing a new emotion and the desire to go once more to gaze upon the tower of Prerolles, hardly more than two kilometres distant. "What is the matter with you, General?" Zibeline asked, observing that he did not appear to take pleasure in the surprise she had prepared. "I lived here many years a long time ago," he replied.
"You know that you have not, since, as I look at you and listen to you, I know not which I admire more-your beauty or the treasures of your heart!" "Then come!" "Whither?" "To Prerolles, where all is ready to receive you." "Well, since this is a tale from the Arabian Nights, let us follow it to the end! I will go!" said Henri.
The liaison of Eugenie Gontier with the Marquis de Prerolles was not a mystery; from the moment of her entrance upon the scene, it was evident that she "played to him," to use a phrase in theatrical parlance.
"You know that you have not, since, as I look at you and listen to you, I know not which I admire more-your beauty or the treasures of your heart!" "Then come!" "Whither?" "To Prerolles, where all is ready to receive you." "Well, since this is a tale from the Arabian Nights, let us follow it to the end! I will go!" said Henri.
"The Marquis and the Marquise de Prerolles assume this responsibility," said the ministerial officer, treasurer of the Asylum. "This mutual engagement will form the object of a special clause in the drawing up of their contract." In this way was the news of the approaching marriage between Valentine and Henri announced to the Society.
Here it was that the Marquis de Prerolles appeared in the evening after his experience at the skating-pond. He had dressed, and had dined in great haste at a restaurant near the theatre. The posters announced a revival of 'Adrienne Lecouvreur', with Mademoiselle Gontier in the principal role, in which she was to appear for the first time.
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