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Then, as his charitable and lofty soul began fully to comprehend the admirable tendency of the association so earnestly recommended by Marius de Rennepont, he reflected with bitter remorse, that, in consequence of his act of renunciation, and of the absence of any other heir, this great idea would never be realized, and a fortune, far more considerable than had even been expected, would fall to the share of an ill-omened society, in whose hands it would become a terrible means of action.
The astonishment of the young missionary would have given place to the deepest horror, could he have known the part that Rodin and his accomplices had taken, both in the death of Jacques Rennepont, by exciting, through Morok, the evil propensities of the artisan, and in the approaching end of Rose and Blanche, by converting, through the Princess de Saint-Dizier, the generous inspirations of the orphans into suicidal heroism.
"I lay a trap, Olivier?" stammered Jacques Rennepont. "Never!" "Battle to the Devourers! or let them join the Wolves!" cried the angry crowd with one voice, as they appeared to invade the house. "Come!" exclaimed the host.
Have you not heard the execrable designs of that Rennepont, with regard to the association he recommends, and which, by an accursed fatality, his race are just in a condition to realize? Think of the forces that would rally round these millions.
"What I have done more than you?" said Rodin to Father d'Aigrigny, giving way to his impertinent habit of interrupting people; "what I have done better than you? what step I have taken in the Rennepont affair, since I received it from you in a desperate condition? Is that what you wish to know?" "Precisely," said Father d'Aigrigny, dryly.
Pity for that brute, Jacques Rennepont? Pity for the stupid imperial soldier, who has Napoleon for his god, and the bulletins of the Grand Army for his gospel? Pity for this family of renegades, whose ancestor, a relapsed heretic, not content with robbing us of our property, excites from his tomb, at the end of a century and a half, his cursed race to lift their heads against us?
"'Marius de Rennepont, one of the most active and redoubtable partisans of the Reformed Religion, and one of the most determined enemies of our Holy Society, had apparently re-entered the pale of our Mother Church, but with the sole design of saving his worldly goods, threatened with confiscation because of his irreligious and damnable errors.
"My dear child, I am no longer inclined to laugh," said Rodin, with so sorrowful an air, that Rose-Pompon, reproaching herself with her pleasantry, said to him: "But how comes it that you know Cephyse?" "Alas! I do not know her but a young fellow, that I like excessively " "Jacques Rennepont?" "Otherwise called Sleepinbuff. He is now in prison for debt," sighed Rodin. "I saw him yesterday."
These were, presumably, the descendants of Marius, Count of Rennepont, in the reign of Louis XIV. of France. They were distinguished from other men by a simple token, which all, in the year above named, had in their hands. It was a bronze medal, bearing these legends on reverse and obverse: VICTIM of L. C. D. J. Pray for me! PARIS, February the 13th, 1682.
Such were the positive demands of M. de Rennepont, given to my grandfather; nor is there in the world a fortune that has been obtained by purer means. Had it not been for this disinterestedness, we might have much augmented this two hundred and twelve millions, only by taking advantage of a few favorable circumstances." "Dear me! is it possible?" "Nothing is more simple, Bathsheba.
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