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Before we acquaint the reader with the continuation of the drama which passed on the boats, we will go back a little. A few moments after Fleur-de-Marie had left Saint Lazare with Mrs. Seraphin, La Louve had also quitted the prison.
Oh, M. Rudolph, here is another earthquake!" "What now?" "Old Seraphin was drowned in an excursion to the country which she had made with one of her relations." "Drowned! A party to the country in winter?" said Rudolph, surprised. "Yes, M. Rudolph, drowned. It astonishes me more than it grieves me; for since the misfortune of poor Louise, whom she denounced, I hated Seraphin.
I was very intimate with the young Marquis de Grignan, her grandson. This woman, by her natural graces, the sweetness of her wit, communicated these qualities to those who had them not; she was besides extremely good, and knew thoroughly many things without ever wishing to appear as though she knew anything. Father Seraphin preached during Lent this year at the Court.
I'll tell her I had a cousin, ever so long ago, settle in Germany, one of the Galimards my family name; that I have just received the news that she is defunct, her husband also, and that their daughter, now an orphan, will be on my hands immediately." "Very well. You will take Cecily yourself to M. Ferrand, without saying anything more to Mrs. Seraphin.
"It was, perhaps, concerning Louise." "Louise?" "Oh! I only repeat what Mother Seraphin said this morning," "What?" "That he was the lover of Louise, and the " "Oh! the cunning fellow." "Stop, stop, stop!" "Bah!" "It is not true!" "How do you know that, Chalomel?"
Rudolph, how we understand each other. When I think that if you had been of my age in the time when I was a train of powder ma foi, I don't know and you?" "Hush! if Mr. Pipelet " "Oh, yes! poor dear man! You don't know a new infamy of Cabrion's? But I will tell you directly. As to your young girl, be easy; I bet that I'll lead old Seraphin to ask me to place my relation with them."
"Perhaps he regrets Madame Seraphin." "Oh, yes! he regrets any one!" "That reminds me of what the porter said: that the cure of Bonne-Nouvelle and his vicar had called several times, and were not received. That is surprising." "What I want to know is, what the carpenter and locksmith have been doing in the pavilion." "The fact is, they have worked there for three days consecutively."
"I had hoped the contrary when you said 'But patience. I thought that you reckoned on some protector to sustain these two unfortunates against this wicked notary." "Alas! no, madame," answered Rigolette, in order to completely lull the suspicions of Mrs. Seraphin. "Who would be generous enough to take the part of these two poor young folks against a rich and powerful man like M. Ferrand?"
"Now just imagine, I came here for a poor girl a neighbor a very lamb, who is accused wrongfully, and much to be pitied; she is Louise Morel, daughter of an honest workman who has become crazy from his misfortunes." At the name of Louise Morel, one of the victims of the notary, Mrs. Seraphin shuddered and looked at Rigolette attentively.
The office was open; he threw me into it brutally, and locked the door." "And you heard nothing of his conversation?" "Nothing, sir: if I had known he had anybody in the room, I should have taken care not to have entered the cabinet; he forbade even Mrs. Seraphin to do so." "And when you came out of the office, what did he say to you?"
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