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"The commissioners appointed were Harmond, Mathieu, and Reverchon, who visited 'Louis Charles, as he was now called, in the month of February, 1795.
"The commissioners appointed were Harmond, Mathieu, and Reverchon, who visited 'Louis Charles, as he was now called, in the month of February, 1795.
"The commissioners appointed were Harmond, Mathieu, and Reverchon, who visited 'Louis Charles, as he was now called, in the month of February, 1795.
Reverchon had now been invited with similar intentions, and Renée was no more amenable than before. While her mother filled the young man's ears with praise of her accomplishments, the wayward girl, with her charming ingenuous talk, did her best to demonstrate her lack of those negative conventional virtues that were expected from a well-educated French girl in those days.
"Another marriage missed! Henri spoke to me this evening. He is sure Reverchon will not have her." "Well, what of it?" "Why, he is the tenth! Renée will get an awful reputation. She will see when she is thirty ... and you too." Then, after a pause, "And now about your son. He is twenty-nine now. He, at any rate, has no objection to marriage. Have you ever thought of finding him a suitable wife?"
Letter by Reverchon: "These fanatics all want the Republic simply for themselves."... "They call themselves patriots only to cut the throats of their brethren and get rich." Guillon de Montleon, "Histoire de la ville de Lyons Pendant la Revolution III.", 166.
Isn't the current strong here?" Renée Mauperin and young Reverchon, her parent's guest, were swimming in the Seine. "How beautiful!" exclaimed the girl, as she noticed the evening sun gilding the river and the banks where country and suburb merged into each other. "You are an artist by nature, mademoiselle." "Ouf!" she exclaimed with a comic intonation. A boat approached.
"Well, Renée, how is the water?" asked one of the rowers. "Splendid, thanks, Denoisel," she replied, as she mounted the steps lowered for her. "I was almost getting nervous for you. And Reverchon? Ah, there he is!"
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